Interesting article from Hufington Post about the KonMari method:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/konmari-marie-kondo-regrets_us_5c3cc7dde4b01c93e00c4f06
Thanks for sharing that, @VeryHappy. I think the title of the piece is a little misleading, given the following paragraph:
“I don’t blame the book or the process for any of this because it truly did change my life. I blame myself. I regret not spending more time reflecting on why I had allowed so much of my emotional energy to be tied up in stuff. The book helped me to treat the symptom, but it didn’t cure the underlying issue. I had lived my life using material things to try to fill a void inside of me instead of actually examining why I felt so empty in the first place.”
I watched my first two episodes last night and went through my sweaters and organized them by color. Then I counted them and asked a friend how many is too many? She reminded me of the styles I prefer and I let go of the ones with a less flattering neckline. Baby steps. also - how many is too many sweaters 
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It really is—how often do you wear each and do you feel good or great in each? I just tossed a white blouse that I don’t wear often and don’t look amazing in. It’s on great shape—for someone else.
@threebeans my SIL used to say her mother thought whoever dies with the most sweaters wins! I always loved that.
I cannot imagine in my wildest dreams of retirement that I would want to look at old law books.
I tossed tons of paper. It feels great! Haven’t looked at many of them in a very long time. It makes me happy to sort—recyclable paper vs trash that can’t be recycled. So glad we have enormous trash and recycle bins issued by our city. When the paper is single-sided we save for printer, I’m able to use the paper for our printer — reusing the clean side.
@TempeMom - imagine yourself sitting by the fireplace with your grandkids, holding your old Property book, “Let me read you a story about two hunters who fought over a fox!” 
No, can’t imagine that either. But law books have pretty spines and are surprisingly evenly sized… they are good library decor, just like old encyclopedias.
“So…there was this train…and a woman named Palsgraf….” LOL
I am enjoying the many jokes/memes floating around the internet - people getting rid of bills and vegetables because they don’t spark joy!
More than once I have pondered the “how many is enough?” question especially for types of clothing. Guess that is part of Marie’s plan—pile and sort it all at once and you may get a clearer picture.
^I think that undertaking this does help clarify.
For one person, simplicity may be having enough pairs of underwear and socks to only do laundry once a month whereas someone else might see it as only 5 days worth of each to have less stuff. It is easier to think about the tradeoff (and the possibilities ) when it’s all in front of you.
Y’all, unprompted, my dh gave me a large shopping bag of clothes. I had to work really hard to contain my excitement.
Do not contain your excitement. Jump up and down with joy! Say “good boy”! And give them a treat!
I’m trying to play it cool so he doesn’t know how much I want him to keep going. I mean, he knows, but if I act too excited he’ll be insulted. 8-|
Being on the receiving end of DH’s shopping bag full of items to get rid of would certainly “spark joy” in me.
We should all start leaving empty shopping bags around the house!
Yay! Sounds like things are going well for many. I just made a ream of screatch paper by sorting through one sided papers I no longer have use for and put it neatly in beside the printer for recycled printing. I got H to move his electrical tools out of the dining room so I can put my nonprofit materials there. I even covered them with a nice blue blanket/tablecloth and they’re all organized and mostly in clear plastic cases so you can see what is in them at a glance.
Shhhh. He’s back in the closet. 
I am amazed that half of my dresser is now empty. Completely devoid of clothes. I had some Ikea soft storage cubes and rolled my clothes - shirts, pants and all. Once I had removed the things I really didn’t want, there was so much extra room. I am not a “clothes or jewelry” kind of person but still! I like minimal amount of stuff, and clean countertops. All I have left to do now is the kitchen, pantry and junk drawers! Almost there!
And whatever you do don’t say “why are you getting rid of that ? I just bought that for you! I thought you liked it! It still has tags on it!”