Declutter My Life

I am not sure whether I am reaching my nesting period yet, but right now I've been constantly on the you tube looking for videos on 'how to declutter your home'. Somehow I am so tired of looking at the mess and junks that I have accumulated over the pass few years. I have wardrobe full of clothes, and I probably wear only a quarter of them. I have donated and sold some but I still have A LOT. And then the books, magazines, bills and other documents. And they are just everywhere. Somehow, right now, the idea of living a simplified, minimalistic life seem so appealing. 

Here is a video of a Japanese man who owns, hear me out, a total of 150 stuff in his house.

I mean, less is indeed more. Ever heard of how Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs always dressed exactly the same almost everyday? I mean these are billionaires and they choose to wear the same freaking shirt and pants to work. Zuckerberg with his grey T-shirt and black hoody and Jobs with his famous black turtleneck paired with blue jeans. And these two are not alone. Albert Einstein. Yup, he too. Think of the time saved on having to choose the right outfit to wear. You also save more space and more money. 

When I was doing a research on home designs many, many years ago,  I came across the tiny house movement. Basically, people choose to downsize their lives and live in  a structure which measures less than 300/400 square feet. These houses might be small in spaces, but it is nothing short of function and style. 

This is a 143-square-foot house in the District of Columbia.

Tiny house in Nashville, Tenessee.

8 feet by 20 feet, solar tiny house project with lots of windows and a full glass door.

The tiny house project is not big in Malaysia yet. But it gives me hope, or some sort. If a family of six can live in such a small house like this, I really have no excuse right? Logically, small house means you are forced to decide which stuff is really important in your life. You don't need that extra bookshelves or shoes or bags or pillows or throws etc. You only take what you need and you don't purchase thing unnecessarily. It is possible, but at the moment the idea is a bit too extreme for me. Haha. 

So far, I am attracted to KonMari method of decluttering by Marie Kondo. Marie Kondo is an organizing consultant and she also wrote a book called ''the life-changing magic of tidying-up''. I've yet to read the book. But basically these are what she is saying:

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KonMari folding method

This video will give you an idea about KonMari method of

 decluttering your closet for a start.

Marie Kondo is basically saying that it is possible to only clean up your home once, and never do it again. I am sold on the idea alone.

Wish me luck!!