This made my day. 
So funny. I always told DH that her thought process would work for a young woman living on her own but never for someone who had kids and a job. Who cares if it doesnât spark joy if itâs useful for the project/play/event tomorrow and itâs 9PM when the project/play/event is first mentioned? Why not have a few non-joy sparking clothing items on hand for the friends who get snowed in with you or for when the arm in a cast suddenly renders ever sweater thatâs not a cardigan unwearable?
My kid went off to college less than a decade ago and I am only gradually realizing I do not need to be prepared for every loop my âroommatesâ might throw me. And I suspect that by the time I can simplify like the pre-children Marie Kondo, I will have grandchildren and will find all that joy-seeking highly impractical (again)!
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Those darn kids will do it to you every time!! Love them!
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Thatâs so funny! And, realistic.
Actually I still think âsparks joyâ philosophy still works. I loved having a million craft supplies around when my kids were small. They did make me happy. I wouldâve kept them all (and I did). And they were messy but made life easier to have fun and ready activities. But now? Not so much.
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A concept like the Marie Kondo way doesnât really become a hot topic unless itâs sort of an over the top concept. I mean, you donât get famous by âsort ofâ organizing or having âsort ofâ a method to your madness.
Just like the series. If you remember, the families/homes she visited IMO were in PRETTY ROUGH shape. Stuff overload. Maybe not hoarding (which true hoarding/hoarders arenât going to buy what she is selling anyway!) but lots of mess, lots of stuff, lots of cluelessness.
I enjoyed watching the series and put a few things into play in my own home. Years later, some of them I donât do - but some of them are now part of my routine. I decided I really preferred my method of rolling my multiple tshirts in my drawer as opposed to her tshirt fold. BUT I for years have folded my dish clothes and cloth napkins as she suggested. And that process works!
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LOL. The folding was a life changer. I donât do it exactly like her (think mineâs faster actually) but it made a huge enough difference for me to still do it years later.
Marie never advocated not listening to what you needed in your life or throwing out things willy-nilly (unlike the âyou havenât used it in 6 months so get rid of itâ philosophy).
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I only watched two shows or so, but in my deep drawers I do use her folding method. The houses she picked were pretty crazy, which made ours look not-so-bad.
D1 always liked her room to be organized. It used to take her 30 min to organize her desk before she could start doing her homework.
She has a toddler now and a very demanding job. Her place is still very neat and clean. She said to keep her apartment neat she has a place for everything and they all go back to the same place every night.
I live by myself now and I tried D1âs method. It did take some time to get my place organized by figuring out where things should go (D1 did most of the work). It also meant a big clean up of throwing out things that I didnât have a place for. I try to remind myself to put things in its place whenever I am finished with it, and I tidy up my apartment before I go to bed.
D1 has a cleaning person and a full time nanny to help out, but she is the one who got her place organized and make sure it stays that way. Her H is just as neat and clean as her now.
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A friend summarizes this as âa place for everything and everything in its place.â
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