{"id":655,"date":"2023-02-08T16:24:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T16:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/?p=655"},"modified":"2023-02-08T16:24:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T16:24:04","slug":"if-marie-kondo-isnt-keeping-tidy-why-should-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/if-marie-kondo-isnt-keeping-tidy-why-should-i\/","title":{"rendered":"If Marie Kondo isn&#8217;t keeping tidy, why should I?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>After years of promoting the life-changing magic of tidying up, the world\u2019s foremost decluttering guru, Marie Kondo, recently admitted that she is no longer keeping so tidy.<br>\u00a0<br>You may be tempted to point to Marie\u2019s example as evidence of why paring down your home is either impossible or unnecessary.<br>\u00a0<br>But the point of downsizing isn\u2019t to live in a picture-perfect, pristine home.<br>\u00a0<br>The point of downsizing is to create an environment that supports how\u00a0<em>you<\/em>\u00a0live. It\u2019s to make what you need available where and when you need it. And to free yourself from whatever gets in the way of having a fully functional home.<br>\u00a0<br>For the record, Marie still supports the idea of only keeping things that bring you joy.\u00a0But focusing on the \u2018joy\u2019 aspect overlooks the other advantages downsizing offers. Specifically:<br>\u00a0<br><strong>Calm.<\/strong>\u00a0Like a clear blue sky or an expanse of ocean, open space in your home helps create a sense of peace and calm.<br><br><strong>Safety.<\/strong>\u00a0When you eliminate\u00a0stacks of stuff on shelves and counters, and arrange\u00a0furniture with functionality in mind, you reduce the risk of running into things or having them fall on you.\u00a0<br><br><strong>Access.<\/strong>\u00a0A major benefit of decluttering is being able to put things where you can find and easily reach them. Making a place for everything, and putting everything\u00a0in its place makes\u00a0<em>everything<\/em>\u00a0so much easier.\u00a0<br><br><strong>Productivity.\u00a0<\/strong>Add the minutes you spend each day looking for things\u00a0to the time you spend re-arranging cabinets and closets after you\u2019ve taken something out, and you\u2019ll see hours wasted. While decluttering your home does take\u00a0time, you\u2019ll get that time back \u2013 and more! \u2013 when you can quickly find what you need. Instead of time spent looking for stuff, you\u2019ll have more time to do the things you want to do.\u00a0<br><br><strong>Bottom Line:<\/strong>\u00a0Living in a peaceful, safe home where you can find everything you need \u2013 and have the energy to do what you want to do? That does sound joyful!<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After years of promoting the life-changing magic of tidying up, the world\u2019s foremost decluttering guru, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-declutter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}