Marie kondo method: 12 things we've learned from the netflix series

Let's organize with Marie Kondo!

If you read Clara regularly, you will have already realized that we are standard bearers of the commandments of Marie Kondo and her KonMari method (although our own method of order is quite cool…). We truly believe that an orderly home is a happy home. Therefore, you can imagine our excitement when we learned that Netflix was producing a series with the aforementioned Japanese. We have already seen the first chapter and we are going to tell you how it is, if we liked it and everything we have learned by watching it.

Long live Netflix!

The series in question is called To order with Marie Kondo! The format is ultra-American, which we can't like more, since they have turned the experience of ordering into a real reality show that makes us get excited when a shirt is folded. So if you've ever been hooked on home improvement, restaurant, or wedding dress programs, you're going to love Marie Kondo's too.

The order coach

In each episode, Marie Kondo visits an American home as an adorable fairy godmother and helps put it in order. ~~Do not think that they are houses with Diogenes syndrome …~~ (we rectify, after seeing chapter 2, some of them are), they are ordinary homes and mills in which the lack of time has been cluttering all the objects in the house. Best of all, by tidying up the houses, Marie Kondo makes families happier. Really.

We liked?

If much. If you've already read her super best seller The Magic of Order, you'll love seeing Marie Kondo in action and reviewing concepts. And if you were totally oblivious to the ordering phenomenon, we believe that you will discover a new world and hallucinate.

What have we learned from the Marie Kondo series on Netflix?

order = happiness

A messy home has a negative impact on the relationships of the family that lives in it. Disorder creates stress and will cause you to fight more with your partner, with your roommates or with your parents. If you order it, calm and happiness will come to your life.

Thanks, house

Okay, you know your house is a mess and you want to put it in dance. Before starting the process, Marie Kondo recommends that we sit in a quiet place and mentally thank the house for giving us shelter and for all the beautiful moments we have lived in it. It will seem silly to you, but the one who writes this did it while the American family did the same in the series and was moved, just like them.

Everything at once

Marie Kondo is committed to ordering the whole house at once, not doing a little bit every week. When you start, your house will look like chaos, but it will be worth it. The key? Do it by categories. Now we tell you more.

Your closet

Start with the clothes. Take out ALL your clothes and put them on the bed. You will have to take each garment and decide whether to keep it or not. Based on what? Whether it makes us happy or not. Marie Kondo calls this "the spark of joy." If when picking up a garment you feel a pang of happiness similar to what you might feel when picking up a puppy, you have to keep it. If not, thank the garment for its services and put it on the throw-away or donate pile. You can apply the theory of "the spark of joy" to all the objects in your house. Here you can delve into how to order a closet.

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So it bends well

Here one of the pillars of the KonMari method. Clothes are folded in thirds. As it is easier to see than to explain, check out this article in which we explain how to fold any item of clothing a la Marie Kondo. Your life is about to change, you are warned.

Your order is yours

Very importantly, do not get involved in the process of other people's order (unless you are Marie Kondo or one of her disciples), nor let others do it with yours. For example: don't even think about your mother witnessing how you throw clothes or objects at go-go.

Order as a hobby

Another important concept. Tidying up can be a way of socializing as a family. You can do it as a couple and not see that moment as a tedious task, but as something pleasant that will make you spend quality time as a couple. You can also do it with your children. And that's how they learn.

By categories

Another of the pillars of the Japanese ordering method. Separate all objects by categories. This is especially important in rooms where things of different types are stored: kitchen, study, storage room, garage … Once they are separated, take it item by item and apply the theory of "the spark of happiness" to see if you keep it or not. Aim not from Marie Kondo but from Clara's writing: maybe your vacuum cleaner doesn't make you happy, but it's useful because it cleans your house. Don't throw it away.

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Oh, the memories

During your ordering process, you are going to come across many objects with sentimental value, keep them all in the same place and think about what to do with them at the end. The funny thing is that although we accumulate photos and memories, we do not grant them any important place in our home, and with the Marie Kondo method you will be able to honor them as they deserve. Practical example: surely you have a lot of photos in photo frames that are not hung. You can select the 4 or 5 photos that you want to frame and put in your home and the rest, organize them in albums by years or by important events. Another Tip Clara, get a couple of folders to store memories that are not photos but you want to keep: movie tickets, congratulations, drawings …

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Everything in sight

Any object that you store needs to be seen quickly, if not, you will not use it. That's why Marie Kondo's vertical bending method works so well. For small objects, it is better to put them in small boxes inside the drawers instead of accumulating them without rhyme or reason.

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Everything in its place

Another very important commandment of the Marie Kondo method: each object has to have an assigned place in the house, so it is much easier to maintain order later.

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Now it's your turn!

After watching To Order with Marie Kondo! From Netflix it is clear to us that we ALL know that we have more things than we need and that a house with fewer things is a happier house. The books, or the series in this case, by the Japanese woman provide us with the inspiration we need to get rid of the unnecessary, get a calm house, free ourselves from stress and be able to enjoy without worries what makes us happy.

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