KonMari Method Third Step - Papers!

Papers!

I've mentioned before how much time I've spent considering this process of sorting and discarding belongings, and during that time I thought a lot about how great it would feel to get rid of all of the stuff that I felt was kind of a spiritual burden. 

After many years of struggling with depression, I had been caught in the same basic cycle:

• Get depressed and fall behind on the house work.
• See the clutter piling up and feel more depressed.
• Finally have a day when I feel mentally well enough to clean and make progress for a few hours or a few days.
• Feel overwhelmed by the task and fall behind again.

This was only compounded if there were other challenges, like stress at work or large changes in my personal life and the anxiety that comes with that.

The cool thing about the KonMari method so far is that it is so structured that I can't go wrong. I didn't feel overwhelmed because Kondo is essentially as neurotic as I need her to be in guiding the process, detailing exactly how I should go about it.