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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1. When I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t figure out if something \u00e2\u20ac\u0153sparks joy\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, it can be more helpful to ask myself if I enjoy wearing it – or even, in some cases, if I enjoy owning it (e.g. my 15-million-meter t-shirt from Concept 2.) And then there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s my Intel volunteer shirt, where I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like wearing the shirt at all, but I like the things I get to do while wearing it, like singing in a choir performance.
\n2. My dresser drawers are quite long; shirts folded and stored vertically work much better in shorter rows from front to back thanlonger rows from side to side – easier to fill one whole row and leave another open for all the shirts I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m putting in the wash.
\n3. Speaking of which, wow it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hard to get antiperspirant out of clothing (which is why I have so many otherwise clean shirts that need to be washed again). It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hard to get off skin too; maybe I should just give up and switch to deodorant. They really need to invent a formula that doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t dissolve in sweat but dissolves instantly in soapy water.
\n4. Kondo\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s method of thanking things for their service is surprisingly helpful when trying to get rid of, say, the alpaca cape I bought in Ecuador but never wore, or stuff that reminds me of living abroad when I bought it but that I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t wear anymore due to change in style, size or lifestyle. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m even giving up the purple skirt I knitted that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a bit tight – though not the first cadre I ever knitted. I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t give that away because I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d want to scavenge the buttons. Seems wrong to donate it without those and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m too lazy to sew on less nice buttons. On the other hand, I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to frog it and save the yarn, because if I liked how that yarn knitted up I would wear the sweater more 8n the first place!
\n5. This may be sacrilege, but I threw out a sweater made of Wollemeise. It had a hole, so possibly moths. Also, that yarn has beautiful colors, but it feels like string both while knitting and while wearing. I like the lines of the sweater but the neck never draped right and I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t like the fabric – I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not a fan of reverse stockinette.
\n6. I do love sweaters, though. According to Kondo you are not supposed to have to rotate clothing seasonally, but I still have too many sweaters to keep both winter and summer ones accessible. What can I say, they do spark joy! But now I have one vacuum bag instead of 4.
\n7. My closet still doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t look minimal at all – but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m giving away 8 bags of stuff! (One is still waiting for stuff I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m laundering.)
\n8. I will never ever ever do this with my books.<\/p>\n
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1. When I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t figure out if something \u00e2\u20ac\u0153sparks joy\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, it can be more helpful to ask myself if I enjoy wearing it – or even, in some cases, if I enjoy owning it (e.g. my 15-million-meter t-shirt from Concept … Continue reading