They were talking about it over in the Home Decorating forum a while back:

http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/3247142/japanese-tidying-book

I love the concept of only keeping things that "spark joy." Evaluating things this way is a lot easier for me.

I'm not into thanking my stuff for its service before getting rid of it, but the spark joy message is good enough to make reading the book worthwhile, even if the personification of objects doesn't work for you.

I folded all the clothes in my dressers following her folding techniques and my drawers have remained neat and tidy since. Even DH can keep his tidy. I used to have to reorganize and refold all the clothes every couple of weeks because they would get tossed around and end up a tangled mess. Now they stay neatly folded and easily accessible.

I decluttered so much stuff following her methods, but fizzled out when I reached my home office. I do hope to get to it soon, though.

Thanks for the responses! I'm glad you are enjoying the process....and that folding clothes is working. I like the way mine look so far, but I still have a long way to go.

Still working on my room...and have another bag of trash (lots of papers) and one to Goodwill. Went through jewelry and still have to finish the 'stuff' in the closet, besides clothes. I store quite a bit of seasonal storage in my closet, but there will probably be a lot less of it, tomorrow : )

Also got all my 'pretty stationery' out of a storage container and onto my bookshelf. It is wonderful to actually see it...and use it, again!

Right now I'm just working on MY things. I'm hoping I can get my mom excited about this, so she'll want to go through the dishes with me. We've gone through everything once with the move, but we still have a lot of duplicates. Pots and pans alone are probably enough for three households! LOL

But I am determined to get rid of all the excess and make cleaning/tidying much easier. I've been trying to downsize for a long time. I have plenty of very good excuses for why I have too much stuff, but I just don't want to think about it anymore. I just want to do it!

I did pare down my socks and start storing them in little upright rolls. It actually makes me feel good when I open that drawer now! I got some long narrow baskets and boxes and it's all so tidy now. The rest of my clothes are still awaiting that glorious condition, though...

And I don't exactly thank the items when I get rid of them, but I do sort of think to myself "well, you've done your job, but I don't need you any more!"

LE- That's what I think, too. They've done their job, it's okay to move on.

I think the best thing KonMari has done for me...is encourage me to get rid of things, even if I spent too much for them or have been saving them for "that project". I used to sew more, especially with my grandmother. Since she passed away, I just don't sew very much. So, I've had these projects that were difficult to let go...either we had chosen the fabric together or started the project and I had not finished them.

Today, I finally got rid of almost all of them. I kept a Halloween costume (which I might make later) and a few pieces of fabric for vintage aprons. And a pattern for a little girl's doll, which is just too cute to give away....yet.

As Marie Kondo says, it's okay to let something go, if the purchasing or beginning of the project gave you happiness. Which these did! But now they just make me miss my grandmother, so I let them go to a new home (Goodwill) and I'll keep her quilt and other things she made, which do give me great joy : )

I love the concept. I am in the process of moving, so this is very timely. I have gone through my closets and drawers and incorporated her folding methods (which are addictive!). My question is how to sustain this habit. It seems fairly easy (and fun) to purge, organize and fold, but what is the success rate for continuing?