Home JOYn🏡?!?

“Spark Joy” is the go-to mantra of Marie Kondo. To hold each and every item we own and ask, “Does this Spark Joy?!?”

Aye ya yay!  

First, we need to know what it even feels like when something“Sparks Joy” inside of us!!!

On her Netflix series she goes over this and says that we KNOW how it feels and just to start with an item we absolutely LOVE. 

Gotcha. 

I did this method years ago. 2015ish. GSTQ posts were written on it too! I was as most are, Shocked by how much Clothes I had. Embarrassed. Feeling too entitled. First world wealth overload. 

I threw out, donated, handed down, piles of stuff!!!

Never had read the book. 

For this exact reason, I believe I became an adversary with my household. 

I thought the process was all about unloading items and only keeping what you loved. 

But...

Everything became a question. 

Every item. 

Ugh ugh ugh...

...

Marie’s Netflix show, articles written on her book, all are missing the most important lesson that ONLY Marie’s book has. 

The entire point of this massive purge is to LIVE in a home that you enJOY!!!

I. Did. Not. Get. This. 

Until...

I read the book. 

#gamechanger. 

To KEEP items as well. 

Not. Only. Purge.

Curate our homes! 

To be able to walk inside and know each item Sparks Joy. The entire home. And to thank each item for it’s service whether you choose to keep it or not. 

In this approach, it’s not a PURGE, rather a curating of Joy. 

Before reading her book, I was constantly chasing after my items with skepticism. 

Judging every item with scrutiny and anxiety. 

Chasing Joy. 

& Now, I am opening my home to KEEP the Joy inside. 

Purge vs Keep. 

Big Difference. 

Today, Are you at odds with your Home?!? Or do Sparks of Joy flood out at you when you enter! 

Next time you come home, take notice how you feel inside. 

What Word comes to mind?!?

Is it Joy?!

Xo