A lot of libraries have ebooks, so the expense will mainly be upfront if your local public library offers that service.

Yeah, I have donated some very nice clothes in my time. I figure selling it isn't worth it to me--I want it gone now, I don't want to have to do anything extra to get rid of it--and I always think how happy someone will be when they find my designer score at Goodwill!

Selling is way more trouble than it’s worth unless you have really great vintage or high end couture pieces, in fantastic shape. Nobody wants my stretched out Old Navy tees or that shirt with two Scottie dogs on it that my mom gave me.

I just don’t know what to do with my grandfather’s old baseball cards and comic books.  Who needs all that crap?

Over time, I decided selling shit is usually more trouble than it’s worth. I now only sell to the Buffalo Exchange, and only for credit, and only before I’m about to take a trip to a city with a really cool Buffalo Exchange. Then that becomes added to my shopping allowance for that trip. Plus, the fact that I’m…

I watched part of an episode and picked up 2 things:

I’m not gonna hate on her, but I’m am kind of salty.

Sadly, I know a couple this happened to. The wife did Konmarie for the unusual stuff. Then she looked at her husband, asked herself,  “does he bring me joy?”  They are divorcing.  

I found some stuff I had purged during a move at a thrift shop. Was it really mine? That chipped bit on the bottom looked very familiar...

Yep, I’m getting rid of SO MUCH clothing right now. I’m sorting through it very slowly.

Agreed! I appreciate how friendly and non-judgmental she is. She also sets realistic expectations— a lot of the people on her show will never be minimalists, but she shows them how living with less stuff can lighten their emotional workload. 

Exactly. If this kind of exchange takes place it only means that people like me who are furnishing a new home have the opportunity to find lightly used objects that do“spark joy” for us. I don’t see the problem.

Same here. I kept looking at my husband with a “wtf” face the whole episode, especially at the end when she said he’d been more amorous since she had been cleaning more. Also the whole laundry thing. She hates laundry, he doesn’t want to pay someone to do it, so why doesn’t he do it?

Something about that dude really put me off, you could tell that his whole fatherly thing was just for the cameras too.

If I threw out everything that didn’t bring me joy I’d be sitting in a house with, like one skillet, two guitars, a TV and a really nice canvas bag. Also would be alone because ofMill would leave me. 

I’m kind of pissed at all the recent naysayers regarding Marie Kondo (and her new show). Interestingly most of the gripers seem to be male.

I decluttered my humidifier and basically need to go back and get it.

I’m a huge fan of UFYH.  I think the advice is perfect - specifically if you struggle with mental health issues.  I’ve begun the KonMari process with a couple drawers and jewelry.  It’s not as hard as it seems, even coming from an UFYH place of small changes mattering.  

Especially the husband in the first episode. I would have had him be the first thing to go in that house.

I’m enjoying all the konmari jokes on social media. Most of them are about getting rid of your husband