I can hardly believe its February – I hung my Heart of Roses door wreath in January so I would be sure not to miss February! I LOVE this time of year! I actually enjoy cleaning out the fridge….under cabinets and out closets. Its the time of the year to FLUFF, purge and re-organized. I was feeling SO good about my progress until I watched Netflix’ newest HIT, “Tidying Up!” It’s about this tiny Japanese lady who is paid to come into your home to help you Tidy Up. She looks like a tiny doll! After watching a few of these shows I reminded myself that houses in Japan are usually a lot smaller than ours! Her method is different… WAY different. Like how she gets her clients to get rid of things: Like…Clothing. She instructs the client to gather their clothing (closets, drawers, shelves…etc.) Then, after they have dragged every item into an embarrassingly HUGE pile…..The tiny lady with a tinier voice ask the client to pick up each item and HOLD IT…”How does it make you feel?” she asks them. Does it bring you “Joy?” If “YES” you can keep it….. And then she teaches how to use a special folding pattern. Pretty sure it is less than 9 folds… You can do this! Her 3 year old has it down pat! Essentially every item neatly folded sits in your drawer in a box-like section. This way you can easily SEE a 2×6″ portion of every item…. shirt/pant/underwear… (It works for all clothing items!) If the clothing does NOT still bring you JOY, then the item is THANKED and put in a donate pile!

I have never done that… thanked an object for what pleasure it has brought me…. but it looks like her method works so I might try it. I do know I felt NO joy feeling like a stuffed sausage in a favorite dress…. That’s the part about this time of year I DON’T like! The “I got FAT” part! Good thing shoes sizes don’t really change when you get fat! It did bring to mind a pair of comfy workboots I wish I had held onto longer and not donated. I sure hope those boots are bringing someone else JOY!

FLUFF away and Enjoy your clean closets!