Living with less stuff.
If I lived on my own I'd have virtually no possessions , no TV , and a very tidy house . But I don't , and as I can't get rid of everyone else's possessions I have to find a way of dealing with their "stuff".
My partner is a borderline hoarder who still keeps boxes from phones he no longer possesses and a box from a wallet he has owned for over a decade ( incase he needs to take it back ) and that is just the tip of the iceberg.
I battled for years to contain my "stuff " too , sentimental stuff , things people have given to me , gifts, clothes with price tags still on them ... And so the list went on . I would stuff it all in drawers , cupboards and the garage . The house would be serene looking on the surface but the inner workings were a tangled mess of chaos .
So what changed ? I had the ever pulling urge to get rid of everything , to make the inside mirror the serene surface , so I started to get rid of stuff and it felt good but not exactly "great" . Eventually I stumbled across the book which put me on my journey to simplifying my life , and it really did what it says on the tin , it gave me a plan , and a way to achieve the "click point" in my life , where everything "I" own sparks joy .
If you only read one book this year , make it this one ,
Have you read Marie's book or are you embarking on simplifying your life , are you struggling with getting started or do you have any questions? Have your say in the comments below !
Labels: decluttering, living with less, marie kondo, minimalism, stuff, the life- changing magic of tidying up, tidying, tidying up
posted by The Fifamaster @ 11:25 am
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We've all probably got one or have had one ... The "junk drawer" aptly named because it's the drawer where you stick all the stuff you can't be bothered to put away . You use the excuse that you need to keep it in this drawer because it's "handy" . Not so handy having to dig through reams of other junk when you need it though.
Ok today we are going to go big. 
I say molehill but I really mean mouse hill. Let's get that paper mountain down to one folder .
There are generally two ways stuff comes into our houses . It is given to us or we buy it . We are often given stuff we don't need and we often buy stuff we don't need. 
Let's take a little trip to the kitchen , have a look around , what do you not use , what have you never used ? What did you think would be a fantastic gadget, pan , cup , jug, bowl but you never reach for it when you're cooking or prepping . What's lurking about taking up space , what item do you have to move to get to the stuff you really use . Pick one item big or small cheap or expensive that you don't use that has served it's time and stick it in the donate bag , and enjoy the space .
Let's play !
