Lol. So stereotypically true. That is precisely how Mr. organizes his garage. 
But he is exceptionally good about putting his clothes and dishes away. Yard tools and construction materials… not so much.
I already see my youngest son have his Dad’s inability to get rid of anything. They are both so sentimental. And both extremely organized, so it’s hard to get on them about getting rid of stuff. It still needs to be done.
lol on socks. We mostly don’t wear them. My DH uses sandals all the time; maybe once a year he’ll have occasion to have to wear shoes and socks. I mostly wear mules (I found great fuzzy ones that are really comfy) or Ugg boots if it’s really cold (i.e., when I’m traveling); the only time I use socks are the fuzzy ones and I don’t use them with shoes.
Our S has the nearest room and apartment. He goes against the “guys are slobs” stereotype. D on the other hand—
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I Marie Kondo’d my junk drawer. It looks great. Who knew I had so many batteries?
Netflix allows several family members to have their own user profiles. So maybe you have a sib with an account you can ask to be a family member on their account.
^ I pay for being able to use two screens at the same time (two teenagers lol) but we have three profiles on the account. We still pay for only two screens at once, but when I want to watch something I use one of their ipads to make it easier (but I could log in using anything).
Thought of this thread this weekend and how her whole concept of emptying out a room really can have merit - even not for intense reducing of stuff.
This weekend I was sprucing up our main family bathroom. I basically emptied it out, all things off walls including shelves, towel racks, toilet paper holder, everything. Once the painting was done and I started putting back the necessary items (like shower curtain so I could take a shower!) I really was giving thought to what was really necessary. Did I need the basket to put my shower cap in or could I find another spot for it? Was that digital clock radio really needed - it was taking up a precious plug!
It was really a lesson in how effective and enlightening and REFRESHING it was to empty out a room and start over - even with the same things, just LESS. It’s a pleasure to walk in that room right now!!
This weekend I visited my daughter and refolded all her clothes in her dresser using the vertical method. I think it made it much easier to see her clothes.
I Marie Kondo’d my underwear and sock drawers. It makes laugh at myself how weirdly happy it makes me to open those drawers and see the stuff neatly in rows and pull a pair out and the drawer stays still nicely organized - especially the undies drawer! It looks so nice (and I’m a comfy cotton granny panty girl so it’s not like they are glamorous or anything!)
I Actually have quite a lot of socks. A lot of the fluffy house socks that JCP sells - not practical for anything except in the house but fluffy and comfy and colorful. Lots of short ankle socks - some that I bought for my trip to Africa last summer. A 2nd set of one of those sets that ended up being the only ones I could stand to wear after I had surgery for a lisfranc injury that ocurred that trip. And now compression socks that the physical therapist had me start wearing after I thought to take a photo of his swollen my frankenfoot would be at the end of the day compared to mornings when the ortho would see me and think it looked great ("oh!! Well that’s not normal! " - a picture = a thousand words, none of which had made an impact). So lots of socks - I was very ruthless about getting rid of socks I do not and never will wear.
Probably the only organized part of my life right now.
For the most part, I’ve just embraced the folding method which has really been transformative. Then I watched another MK video about organizing one’s purse. I have one purse that bucket-like and I’m always digging around trying to find things. As a result of her video, I ordered a felt organizer in one of my favorite colors and my purse not only has more structure now but everything has its place and I’m loving it. I don’t need her help with purging things as I do a good job on my own with that but now I’m curious to know what other tidbits she has that will work for me.
^^@kiddie, I have two D’s on the opposite coast who would like me to do the same. Just trying to figure out when I can go help them. I think they’ll both love it. Not sure if they’ll do it on their own but they’re enjoying the Netflix shows.
Folding is the most important thing for me. I did look at the dying pointsettia on the mantelpiece and chucked in since it was clearly not giving anyone any joy any more!
My daughter did laundry this weekend and after a quick consultation with me, was able to fold stuff the way I had done her drawers, So, seems like a success.
Folding clothes is transformative. I do it so fast now that i tend to do it in stores when I refold something from a display table. Not sure the store wants it that way!
I really do feel joy when I open my drawers and can see everything at once. I need to do it to my gym clothes drawer also.
I am wondering what’s going on with me, though. I’m on a kick where, everytime I go down to the basement, I make myself bring up one thing that I can get rid of. So far this weekend: Some teeny tiny knickknacks that used to live in a type drawer that we used to have hanging in our old house, a pink wicker wastebasket, two mugs, and those shelf dividers thingies. We moved into this house six and a half years ago and I put that stuff in the basement then (along with lots of other things). I’ve decided that if we haven’t used it in over six years, we don’t really need to own it.
@VeryHappy hopefully at some point you really will have removed enough stuff! I spent hours on Saturday clearning out an attic room that mostly stores old artwork and excess books. My contractor needs to get at the windows so he can fix them. It was amazing how easy it was to just toss mountains of magazines and artwork.
I went to a continuing ed class last week. The (male) presenter made a joke by comparing one of the hypos to Kondo-ing… the mostly male audience was silent. He suggested asking their wives or looking in their socks drawers to see what that meant. ?