Values & Ideals: Time for a Reorganization?

Marie Kondo, like her or not, has spent the last seven-plus years promoting the magical powers of personal organization. Her simple system has drawn us in with the promise of ‘sparking joy’ in our lives (well, that or a passing desire to smash her joy into a million pieces and watch her try to spark it back together!). These thoughts resonated around the globe as the idea of ‘tidying up’ shook us from our core, one way or another, and often to extremes. As much as her intentions line up with so many things I love, there was a time in the process where I didn’t want to go any further. It just felt like too much, physically and emotionally. The initial value I had placed on getting it done, was replaced with a need for balance with things that ‘sparked joy’ outside of My Stuff. My values came in and rained on my ‘ideal Kondo parade’, and I must admit I’m grateful for the insightful interruption. Once I took a break from beating myself up about my unmet intentions (to finish the task I had started as quickly as possible), I started to see my own triggers very clearly. What had initially seemed like a task now appeared as an actual journey and I started to pay attention to my reactions.

Want to read more?

Subscribe to ourrawmaterial.com to keep reading this exclusive post.

Subscribe Now