The Book: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo, Cathy Hirano
Summary of the process link from mipmop
Article of top tips by Marie Kondo
Thread 5
Thread 4
Thread 3
Thread 2
Thread 1
And BeCool's copy of Coughles list of ORDER from Thread 2 for everyone:
"ORDER TO DECLUTTER/LOCATE THE JOY*
Clothes folding by rummy
Books
Papers
CDs
DVDs
Skincare products
Make-up
Accessories
Valuables (passports, credit cards, etc.)
Electrical equipment and appliances (digital cameras, electric cords, anything that seems vaguely ‘electric’)
Household equipment (stationery and writing materials, sewing kits, etc.)
Household supplies (expendables like medicine, detergents, tissues, etc.)
Kitchen goods/ food supplies
Other (If you have many items related to a particular interest or hobby, such as ski equipment, then treat these as a single subcategory.)
KonMari stresses that sentimental items should be left till the end. So for example, when you are doing papers, don't include photos of your children, love letters, old school reports etc, leave anything with a sentimental connection for later."
*As discussed in previous threads, your order for decluttering and finding the joy/spark/recognizing may be different to recommendations.
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Clutter, emotions, and folding our socks - Kondo thread 6. All welcome!
SteptoeAndDaughter · 21/01/2015 11:59
Sniggering here at the "Henry".
The name in Dutch is 'kringloopwinkel' which is sort of like a cycle/circle/recycle shop. Like it's stuff that is going for another round. (Dutch people feel free to scoff, my DP laughs at my translations all the time!)
In Australia we call it an Op Shop, short for opportunity shop. Both much more evocative than a charity shop, IMHO. I think Marie would approve. 
Aaaanyway, back to my paid employment and then back to Kondoing! No more posts from me until I've Kondoed my jumpers (could be a day or two).
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Wowsers!! Thread 6! Someone up thread called this their fave thread ever... I agree. Nothing else has motivated me to declutter to this degree ever before (numerous books on subject now given to chazza) and I love how I can see positive changes to my life: state of the house, time spent tidying and stressing, effect on kids, my relationship with DH and how I feel and think. Looking forward to carrying on with this journey.
Marie Kondo, I (and my fellow kondo-ing mumsnetters) salute you 
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home sick with shock I meant
such big news for us bring ... we don't even know what we're doing next - hadn't even thought it through !
Wow, lockie. Amazing. Life kondo... What idea brings you joy for what next?
misscph1973 thankyou for your reply. I am too hard on myself at times, I'm trying not to be so self critical.
I think I'm a bit scared of where life takes me once I've stopped hiding behind my usual excuses of having "too much to do" to engage with life. Sounds a bit mad but I could really relate to MK when she said she wouldn't study for exams until she'd tidied up. I feel like I've been making excuses for not doing anything until I'd tidied up, for years.
Iqueen thankyou for your reply. This may sound dense but I really hadn't thought about putting my completed OU modules on my CV
I'm definitely going to do that from now on. I enjoyed the course so much and was getting some very good grades so will also give that a mention.
upandawayy thankyou for your reply. I recycled much of my paper to my teenage DD which I know isn't strictly allowed but she will use for her studies. I've also allocated some particularly nice notebooks for the charity donations along with some old cookbooks.
Loving this thread and the support its giving to all lurkers and followers
Nobuyuki
Glad to be of help.
It is quite shocking how much people leave off their CVs!
I often had to advise mature students, especially lone-parents, to include the skills acquired in that role - which are relevant to many types of employment! Managing a home, a budget, liaising with schools, benefits offices, negotiating with tradespeople (plumbers, electriciatins, washing machine or car mechanics), organising, typing/keyboard skills, and voluntary activities (PTA, community initiatives, etc, all give us useful skills for the workplace.
We all have these skills, and examples of how we have used them. Including them, got me into university, into Teacher Training and into a permanent teaching post.
BTW, skills in Spreadsheets and Databases are easily learned by using the Help button on Microsoft Excel and Access - I had to learn Access, literally, overnight, to teach an A Level class during my training! It was a loooong night!
Two bags taken to the clothes bank, the last one to follow when I pick up DD2 from her music class (I could only fit two on my bike).
Henry is just the name of our local Red Cross shop - there may well be ones in neighbouring towns called William and Edward. The normal "German" term for a charity shop is, like you said bring, Second-Hand-Laden or, as Henry calls itself, "second hand boutique" (I've been past it and boutique wouldn't be the first word to spring to mind!). I remember thrift stores from our stint in the USA; we furnished our house from those and yard sales.
Exciting news on the flat sale, lockie - I used to think that another house move would be the only thing that would force us to declutter properly, but that was before I came across MK!
Have discovered yet another drawer of teaching resources so am off to kondo those now.
Just checking in on the new thread: lots of progress being made, though not much in this house. I need more child free time really. But I'm managing to maintain the clothes and am finding that I get out much quicker in the mornings as I'm not scrabbling around looking for something to wear.
Re paperwork, reducing the amount coming in is an excellent strategy. I'm also a big fan of Evernote, if you have it on your phone you can snap a picture of flyers and tag them so you can find them again, rather than having bits of paper all over the place. I also keep all my lists on there, so I've got lists of things i need for my wardrobe (as identified during the kondo process), for the kids, for the house, ideas for gifts that I jot down when they occur...it means that if the shopping urge strikes I can double check what I need, rather than impulse buying.
I think I must be a bit weird in that I'm quite looking forward to paperwork, I love a bit of shredding 
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Lockie congratulations on selling your flat! 
Just think your new place will be clutter-free and joyful.
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