Hi guys! 
TLDR: I discovered a decluttering method I really like called the KonMarie Method. It involves using how you feel about items emotionally, and what makes you happy. It's very different to the mechanical & logical approaches to clutter.
I was hoping for people who are trying to clean up their bedroom/house to support each other on this thread. There is a lot more to it than that, but most people won't read a long post, so that's the short of the long of it.
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TLDR: I discovered a decluttering method I really like called the KonMarie Method. It involves using how you feel about items emotionally, and what makes you happy. It's very different to the mechanical & logical approaches to clutter.
I was hoping for people who are trying to clean up their bedroom/house to support each other on this thread. There is a lot more to it than that, but most people won't read a long post, so that's the short of the long of it.
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I wanted to make a thread here for other people who have read/ plan to read the read the Marie Kondo books about decluttering & cleaning.
*** This could even include decluttering in the game because I found my bad real-life habits extended to AC life!!! Has anyone else found that?
For example you save ridiculous amounts of items (especially unorderables/customs!) you don't need in case you need them for trading, someone else may need them, or might need them for the second or even third theme challenge you may decide to do....
A friend pointed it out to me, and I have since gotten rid of most things except the fossils. (I'm trying to make the mini dinosaurs! at least now I am laying them out & matching them up--had good results laying them on the beach & made 3 miniatures already) I was worried about keeping things for others, but in reality that meant months of keeping random things in draws "just in case" some person here wanted it.
That's nice & all...but meant I wasn't that happy when my inventory got completely filled up! ...yeah that is embarrassing...but I bet there are others like me!!?? (hopefully!) ***
I know there is a lot of material out there about decluttering & organizing. The internet is also swamped with tips & "lifecoaches"
but I'm not really interested in the typical conversation, as the steps in the KonMarie method are things I've thought about often, but never put into action (especially the idea that is quite well known, like the idea of only keeping what you need (like a fridge) or love. Anything else that is not needed but just O.K. needs to be thrown away/sold/donated. That idea has been said many times before, but I think she explains it best, and in a way that takes it from a "nice theory" in my head...into something I actually want to do.
However, I really like this method because it combines common sense/practice with intuition & methods that go against the normal way of looking at material possessions.
I have my own copy of the book shipping to me from ebay as we speak (read!)
One aspect that is different to many other organizing coaches is that many already teach organization, or chucking things out, few of them talk about holding each item & feeling whether it makes you happy or not from an energetic standpoint (not a logical one)
There are coaches that do mention things very similar to this, but she really does this in a unique & simple way that spoke to me.
I like this because my logical mind can always come up with "sensible" reasons to hold onto old & "unhappy feeling" (my own words not hers) items. (in the name of not wasting money or some other suffocating idea)
However this has lead me to hold onto to many things out of obligation or guilt about "wasting money" when in reality I don't like or use the thing & it makes my house messy & ugly.
It also drew attention to some old photographs that I dislike for many reasons...such as I look TERRIBLE in the shot, don't like some of the people & that time in my life...yet for some reason keep photos like that because some people I DO like are in the shot & it's just this obsessive "completionist" mentality many people who play AC have (yes...those wanting to complete every badge & item in the catalog!) has also led me to keeping things I don't even like...and when examined...there is no actual reason to store those things!
I am looking forward to talking with others interested in this, especially those who can relate to being a chronically cluttered (note: using pretty colours doesn't make the problem go away...but until it does I want to look fabulous! ) person.
I also have too much junk i don't need...but miss key pieces of furniture & other items I truly do need. That is the true waste of money.
I hope we can help & support each other to having the clean & organised home/bedroom & mind that we have always dreamed of!
*** This could even include decluttering in the game because I found my bad real-life habits extended to AC life!!! Has anyone else found that?
For example you save ridiculous amounts of items (especially unorderables/customs!) you don't need in case you need them for trading, someone else may need them, or might need them for the second or even third theme challenge you may decide to do....
A friend pointed it out to me, and I have since gotten rid of most things except the fossils. (I'm trying to make the mini dinosaurs! at least now I am laying them out & matching them up--had good results laying them on the beach & made 3 miniatures already) I was worried about keeping things for others, but in reality that meant months of keeping random things in draws "just in case" some person here wanted it.
That's nice & all...but meant I wasn't that happy when my inventory got completely filled up! ...yeah that is embarrassing...but I bet there are others like me!!?? (hopefully!) ***
I know there is a lot of material out there about decluttering & organizing. The internet is also swamped with tips & "lifecoaches"
but I'm not really interested in the typical conversation, as the steps in the KonMarie method are things I've thought about often, but never put into action (especially the idea that is quite well known, like the idea of only keeping what you need (like a fridge) or love. Anything else that is not needed but just O.K. needs to be thrown away/sold/donated. That idea has been said many times before, but I think she explains it best, and in a way that takes it from a "nice theory" in my head...into something I actually want to do.
However, I really like this method because it combines common sense/practice with intuition & methods that go against the normal way of looking at material possessions.
I have my own copy of the book shipping to me from ebay as we speak (read!)
One aspect that is different to many other organizing coaches is that many already teach organization, or chucking things out, few of them talk about holding each item & feeling whether it makes you happy or not from an energetic standpoint (not a logical one)
There are coaches that do mention things very similar to this, but she really does this in a unique & simple way that spoke to me.
I like this because my logical mind can always come up with "sensible" reasons to hold onto old & "unhappy feeling" (my own words not hers) items. (in the name of not wasting money or some other suffocating idea)
However this has lead me to hold onto to many things out of obligation or guilt about "wasting money" when in reality I don't like or use the thing & it makes my house messy & ugly.
It also drew attention to some old photographs that I dislike for many reasons...such as I look TERRIBLE in the shot, don't like some of the people & that time in my life...yet for some reason keep photos like that because some people I DO like are in the shot & it's just this obsessive "completionist" mentality many people who play AC have (yes...those wanting to complete every badge & item in the catalog!) has also led me to keeping things I don't even like...and when examined...there is no actual reason to store those things!
I am looking forward to talking with others interested in this, especially those who can relate to being a chronically cluttered (note: using pretty colours doesn't make the problem go away...but until it does I want to look fabulous! ) person.
I also have too much junk i don't need...but miss key pieces of furniture & other items I truly do need. That is the true waste of money.
I hope we can help & support each other to having the clean & organised home/bedroom & mind that we have always dreamed of!
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