I say it all the time: tidying up your home according to the KonMari Method is so much more than decluttering and organizing your space. As you’re confronting each and every item in your home and make a decision about it, you’re evaluating life choices, reflect on the past or face uncomfortable truths.
When one of my clients realized that she had a boundaries issue, it was when all of a sudden she started to “see” all the things that “were just there” because someone had given them to her.
All those hand-me-downs she never really wanted in the first place, but she took them on because that’s what you do when a friend gives you something that’s perfectly fine but they don’t need any longer.
So you take it.
Right?
Well, no. No more.
All those items had become “part of the scenery”. She’d never questioned their existence. Their taking up space in HER home.
She realized that she didn’t want those items anymore. Actually, she never wanted them in the first place.
She realized she had a boundaries issue.
And not just with her stuff but in OTHER AREAS of her LIFE as well.
It is true: tidying – especially moving through the KonMari process – often helps you clear out so much more than just your stuff.
In my client’s case, it helped her see that she needed to set some necessary boundaries going forward. That she needed to put herself first more often.
Do YOU have a boundaries issue when it comes to your stuff? What percentage of your belongings do you believe to be things you actually don’t want?
(Lisa Tselebidis is a professional organizer and KonMari certified consultant offering in-home services in the NYC, New York-area as well as virtual services worldwide. Get in touch with her here.)
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