Has anyone Marie Kondo and regretted it?

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I am trying to do this but I am not starting with clothes as I am currently losing my baby weight (1 1/2 stone down so far). I am starting with toiletries and although I have got rid of a lot I still have 6 things of body butter and loads of other stuff. A kallax box full. Should I just get rid of it all?

I've done sections of my house, and nope not regretted it! I like those parts of my house more than the messy bits ( like my daughters room... very messy and stressful!).

Keep a couple of favourite body butters - the others will likely go off before you can get around to using them up. So no guilt in passing them on to charity or bin - as the bin is where they will end up if they are at the back of the cupboard for another 6 months.

I "Kondo'd" before it was called that. I keep things that are useful - which in my case means clothes and props for costumes etc. What some people call clutter, I find useful for re-purposing. However - it has a home, filed by category in plastic storage boxes that are see-through so I actually can find and use the stored items.

Annually I pretend I am moving countries and re-evaluate clothing, items, etc. and decide if I would pay the shipping to keep it with me on the move. ( I have moved lots of times so am used to this concept).

Perspective is key. Try to project yourself forward 5-10 years. Will the item matter to the overall life you have lived and want to live. A family heirloom with happy stories is a keeper. Perishables like clothing, not so much. If it's hard to part with, take a photo for the memory.

HTH

Love love LOVE Kondo. As others have said, it's not about minimalism/getting rid of everything - just keeping stuff that brings you joy. So if you love books, you'll still have loads of books, and if you love dressing up you'll still have dressing up stuff, but you'll just have the ones that are great and not the ones you mean to read one day/just have to stitch together first/will definitely use at some indefinite point in the future even though you have so many you can't even see most of them.

It's living thoughtfully - my shopping has gone way down because no I'm really aware of what I use, need and enjoy. I can appreciate something on the shelf without having to buy it and fill my house. Genuinely life-changing for such a cluttery person as me.

Haven't done it but read the book.

I agree with Green about limiting your buying. I don't like getting rid of things but I have a fair amount of storage. I just try not to buy for the sake of it.

I kondo'd the damn book. I haven't regretted it once.

I am doing Konmaring and I love it.

I always knew you couldn't organise clutter but always kept things just in case.

I started in October and I am in the middle of the neverending komono category.

Just redoing little girls toys and clothes (which I will keep repeating every 6 months till they are grown)

The only room I can't show visitors, is our bedroom and we are ignoring the camping pile in the hall, lol

I highly recommend it to everyone. Plus it is not minimimalist idea as pp said. If you truly love or need it, then it stays.

So I love crafts and I bet I will have several large boxs of it even when I konmari our room and that is ok.

The best part is not the tidying being easier but that I spend less time looking for things. I either know I have one and exactly where it is OR I know I don't have one. That makes all the difference.

Plus things having homes really works. We have not lost a pair of school shoes in the morning for months. Because all four pairs are on a tray in the downstairs hall. By bedtime all shoes must be on the tray. No stress in the morning !

Great thanks all. I just need to find time and DH to take DD out at the weekends so I can crack on with it.

I love Mari Kondo and absolutely recommend it! One thing only, I should have kept more of my official papers (past payslips dating back to 2003, Old P60s etc) as I need them now which is a bit of a shame, but I don't regret even this.

Do it, OP!

I love Kondo but I regretting chucking lots of books especially as I've come round to wanting to read them again.

I haven't regretted anything. Even kondoing baby clothes then thinking I might actually want another baby!

I'm doing some more this weekend and really looking forward to it.

The best bit was giving myself permission to get rid of perfectly good clothes which just didn't look right/I didn't like. I'd always kept them cos they were in good condition but never wore them. Managed to free up a chest of drawers which we then got rid off and our bedroom looks much less cluttered now

I have no regrets on my clothing situation - I can put my hand into my drawers and grab a top and know I like it rather than faff getting loads out and not fancying any of them. If I keep avoiding something for anything other than practical (wrong colour for available bra/trousers) then it goes. If it is too short it goes. If it's too tight I decide if I like it and it goes or gets stored.

Unless something has massive sentimental value it can be replaced more easily than it could be found in a cluttered house - hence we have 20 pairs of scissors...

A few people have said they regret getting rid of paperwork because they have ended up needing it. Can I ask what for?

Milly, also wonder that
I have about ten years, plus previous home legal paperwork
But payslips from 2003? I don't have those.

I've heard proof of employment can be needed if you ever have any problems with your pensions, I don't keep payslips beyond a few years but keep every P60, job offer letters or similar. Plus proof of ownership of former homes, cars etc.

Okay thanks
I did keep all the P60s etc.