The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up?

YES. I bought that book and the techniques she teaches made me look at "organizing" in a whole new way. I'm doing it. Instead of feeling overwhelmed, I feel unburdened, like this is finally gonna work.

I love the chapter heading that suggests de-tagging your clothes as soon as you buy them.

I take that waaaay further by cutting out all the labels/tags for comfort reasons.

Though...I can't put the idea out of my mind that I'm eliminating important forensic information if I ever end up meeting with a criminal mishap.

I should get it...but then I just fear it will all bounce off Tim and we'll continue hoarding cardboard tubes (no, really).

But then -- we cleaned out 5 years' worth of mail 2 weeks ago, so I have some hope we can keep making progress.

Huh. The library has 27 copies but 73 holds.

You can't even borrow an electronic version.

I don't even know how that works. If it's digital, how can there be limited copies?

I don't even know how that works. If it's digital, how can there be limited copies?

It's like a license -- they can only lend the number of "copies" they bought. Otherwise publishers wouldn't make money.

If it's digital, how can there be limited copies?

Publisher limitations. They want you to buy more copies to cover the demand. Plus a lot of library ebooks will go poof after so many check-outs.

I've pared down more clothes. I don't go anywhere that needs anything dressy. Even business casual is dressier than my life calls for at the moment. So 2 pairs of pants went in the Goodwill pile. 1 pair because they had "Line dry only" on the tag. Nope. All my clothes have to go in the washer and dyer. Otherwise they'll dry and wrinkle and I don't own an iron and it's too much trouble. I'm also slowly getting rid of most of the clothes I had before I moved, but I had most of those for a few years. There are things like my Buffistas F2F shirt I'll hold on to, even though it doesn't fit at the moment.

Anyway I'm trying to figure out what my personal style is and anything I know doesn't fit into that (or fit on me) is going away.

I'm menstrual, grieving, and just read Rand Paul's latest salvo of bullshit--pity the #tcots tonight. Or, you know, don't. Although the last time I fought one, she was kind of hitting herself(and not cause I grabbed her finger)

Steph, Marie Kondo's thing is to choose what to keep rather than what to get rid of, based on whether or not it sparks joy. And folding your clothes to fit your drawers, which is already changing my life. The

And folding your clothes to fit your drawers, which is already changing my life.

I learned the "vertical" method of putting folded t-shirts in drawers, which: GAME CHANGER.