The secrets of functional reorganization: the KonMari method

The Marie Kondo method, also known as KonMari Method, is based on a simple basic concept. It's not just about emptying the closet, getting rid of the superfluous or cleaning every room from top to bottom, but about live in a place capable of arousing joy. If you think about it, a disordered home is in a certain sense the expression of inner confusion.

When you imagine your dream home, at the same time you are also thinking about the kind of life you would like to have. Grab a notebook and start describing the kitchen, living room, bathroom and bedroom you'd like. You can also help yourself with photos taken from the web or magazines or with a drawing. These ideas, translated into words or images, are the direct expression of the type of everyday life to which you aspire.

This is why tidying up the house also means Change everyday life: a well-organized living room, for example, is the perfect place to spend special moments with your family or friends. The same goes for the wardrobe: the chaos of clothes and shoes wastes precious time and good humor. Try to calculate how many minutes you could save each morning, if only it were easier to find everything!

Now that you have discovered the philosophy on which the Marie Kondo method, you can start tidying up your house. Here are ten tips to better face this moment of reorganizing your spaces and your life.

1. Before you begin, take some photos: the best way to notice the change is to document each phase of the reorganization.
2. Don't let anyone help you: only you can decide what can really remain, of all your things. But you can teach it to your children or to the person you live with.
3. Don't postpone: if you decide to put the Marie Kondo method into practice, don't procrastinate. Better to do everything right away!
4. Make room: moving objects from one place to another is never the solution. As already mentioned, decluttering means keeping only the things that bring you joy and that you really care about.
5. Start with the simplest things: starting with the clothes is the best way to get some practice. Take everything out of the closet and make a pile, to realize how many clothes you have.
6. Examine each item: The trick to understanding what really brings you joy, according to Marie Kondo's philosophy, is to compare three objects at a time and keep only what makes you happy.
7. Remember to say thank you: Before giving up an item, take a few moments to remember which moments in your life it accompanied or the person who gave it to you.
8. Fold in the best way: to store in the wardrobe the clothes you decided to keep, fold everything strictly, as if you were making origami. T-shirts and sweatshirts, for example, must become small rectangles to be inserted vertically in the drawers, to make the most of the space.
9. Use the matryoshka method: to organize your things well, put one inside the other. It applies to bags, but also to pots, hampers and the containers in the kitchen.
10. Leave the memories at the end: photos, gifts and objects of sentimental value must be left at the end, because they will require extra effort on your part. And remember: don't throw away, but give a new life to what you leave behind.

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The cornerstone of the Marie Kondo method is certainly the Decluttering. This English term refers to the action of removing everything useless in the house. It's not about minimalism, as Marie has repeatedly specified: you don't have to live in an aseptic and empty environment, but simply surround yourself only with Things you really care about.

Decluttering takes place in a precise order and through different categories:

• clothes
• Books
• Cards, sheets, documents
• Komono (miscellaneous items)
• Ricordi Which have sentimental value

Going back to the concept of living in a place that gives you joy, everything depends on what represents a real passion for you. These can be books, a collection of mugs from around the world, family photos or special objects that remind you of childhood. What, on the other hand, no longer transmits anything to you, can be donated: yes, because the point is not even to throw away, but to give a new life to objects that no longer transmit anything to you.

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