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Have too much stuff, and not sure how best to get rid of it? Marie Kondo is a world-renowned expert on tidying, and this book teaches you how to get past the most common barriers preventing you from decluttering. Go through the Konmari method once, and you may find your relationship with things to be changed permanently.

Tidying by category lets us do one kind of work in totality, no matter where the objects are in your space. Plus, most of us have no idea how much stuff we own, so tidying by category is the wake up call we need.

The correct sequence of categories: clothes, books, papers, komono/miscellany, mementos. In each category, gather all the items together at once, discard first, then organize what’s left.

So you’ve finished discarding the clothes that don’t spark joy for you. Now you have a big pile of clothes to organize and fold.

How does Marie Kondo advocate folding? Here’s our complete guide to folding clothes with the Konmari Method.

Komono means “miscellany.” This category of Komono encompasses a lot of stuff, but it’s also the category that contributes the most to clutter. Don’t surround yourself with things that you don’t use and don’t bring you joy.

Here are the categories that fall under komono, per Marie Kondo…