![]() ![]() Isn’t that image spellbinding? For someone who loves books, what greater happiness could there be? Marie Kondo What about unread books? Imagine what it would be like to have a bookshelf filled only with books that you really love. Does a book give you a thrill of pleasure when you touch it? The focus on sorting books with the Konmari Method, is working out how you feel about a book not whether its still useful to you or not. Reading the book affects your judgement about whether to keep it or discard it. The key is to touch each book and NOT STARTING READING each book. Hold Each Book & Decide Whether It “Sparks Joy” Visual (coffee table books, look books)Ģ.Practical (reference books, DIY books, self-help books, cook books).Then you want to go through them in categories: Maybe its a subtle ploy by Marie Kondo to shock us into deciding that we really have too many books and some need to go! But heck my books don’t all fit on the floor? ![]() Looking at your books and deciding what to get rid of while they are sitting on your bookshelves is not as effective. Yes, you’ve heard that right, first step is to take all your books out of your bookcases or shelves and put them on the floor. Here’s how to declutter books and decide what books to get rid of using the Konmari Method. If you are ready to use the Konmari method with your overflowing book collection though, read on! Konmari Method For Books Instead I recommend Decluttering at the Speed of Life as a more helpful and encouraging approach to decluttering you home! Note: I don’t recommend the Konmari Method for readers who feel extremely overwhelmed with decluttering their homes and/or struggle with physical or mental health issues, complex home situations, hoarding etc. ![]() Storing like items together, and where they are easiest to put away.Keep all items that you own accessible all the time.Express appreciation for an item as you discard it.Pick up each item and decide whether the item sparks joy for you.Take everything from a category out at one time.( Clothing, books, papers, miscellaneous, and then sentimental) Go through the categories of stuff in your home in the correct order.Declutter your home by categories rather than by room.So is the konmari method for books really useful after all? Is it a good idea for book lovers to hold onto their collections of books or should we be discarding them for the sake of having less? Read on to find out… What is the Konmari Method? The basics of the Konmari Method are: It seems it makes those of us with large precious book collections… a tad nervous! And well, from one avid reader to another, we all know that one can become quite attached to our books, whether they are read regularly or not. Ok this might be the most controversial part of Marie Kondo’s life changing magic of tidying up, more commonly known as the Konmari method. ![]()
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