She's the epitome of wholesome. She's kind, friendly and happy all the time. What is the secret to her charisma? Not having stuff.

Our attachment to material possessions is toxic, at least mine certainly is. I am a self confessed Vinted addict and I cannot leave a new place without a new knick-knack for a souvenir. My desk, shelves, wardrobe, as well as every surface in my room, is all full of stuff. The drawers are hard to open because I have too many clothes that I never wear. Worse than that, I have a bookshelf full of books I will never actually read; it makes me guilty every time I look at it. 

My digital space is just as bad. I am hesitant to post on social media because there are too many people following me that I don't want to know what I'm doing, and I follow people who I have no interest in keeping in touch with. My Google drive storage is full. I have websites bookmarked from ten years ago and I still keep all of my essays from year seven for sentimental reasons.

I needed an intervention. Enter: Marie Kondo. 

It started with the folding videos. Then I watched some interviews. I started watching the TV show 'Tidying up with Marie Kondo', then finally I read her book. I got a bit of a rush thinking about how good it would feel to free myself from my material shackles; to cast off the weight of a thousand cardigans. So, I did it. 

The KonMarie method isn't rocket science. You start by envisioning the clutter-free life that you want, then there are two practical phases: discard phase, and organise phase. 

In the discard phase, you start by dumping all of your clothes out, then getting rid of everything that doesn't either a) spark joy or b) perform a function. You then do the same with all your other stuff. The order Marie suggests is: 

1. Clothes

2. Books 

3. Papers

4. Komono (miscillaneous) 

5. Sentimental 

Let me tell you, the discard phase is fun and satisfying. Would 10/10 reccommend. 

I then moved on to phase two, which was putting the remaining items away in their new designated places. Very nice. 

I added a sixth catergory to the discard phase, however, which was digital. I went through my Google drive, emails, and bookmarks, as well as all the files on my hard drive that I did not use anymore, and deleted them all.

All of them. 

The problem with deleting things in bulk (I didn't have time to go through the million files in detail) is that things sometimes get tangled in there. Like when a dolphin gets stuck in a fishing net. 

So to cut a long story short, when I was deleting files from my Google drive, I accidentally deleted my website. Ouch. 

Soooo that means I have to start again. To be honest I haven't lost much, there was only really one good post on there that I will miss: 'How to make a song in one day'. If you want to hear the song that I made in one day, you can go to my youtube channel (link below). The song is called 'Talk the talk'. 

Anyway, onwards and upwards. My website has now been KonMarie'd as well. It has no clutter anymore. No content yet - and it's all Marie Kondo's fault.