I love to read organization books! Not that I ever get my household decluttered or organized. I just like to think about it and pretend that I am going to do it.
So I jumped right into The Life-changing Magic of Tidying Up: the Japanese art of decluttering and organizing by Marie Kondo. Following are two quotes:
"The act of folding is far more than making clothes compact for storage. It is an act of caring, an expression of love and appreciation for the way these clothes support your lifestyle. Therefore, when we fold, we should put our heart into it, thanking our clothes for protecting our bodies."
. . ."The socks and stockings stored in your drawer are essentially on holiday. They take a brutal beating in their daily work, trapped between your foot and your shoe, enduring pressure and friction to protect your precious feet. The time they spend in your drawer is their only chance to rest. But if they are folded over, balled up, or tied, they are always in a state of tension, their fabric stretched and their elastic pulled. They roll about and bump into each other every time the drawer is opened and closed. Any socks and stockings unfortunate enough to get pushed to the back of the drawer are often forgotten for so long that their elastic stretches beyond recovery. When the owner finally discovers them and puts them on, it will be to late and they will be relegated to the garbage. What treatment could be worse than this?"
How inspirational!
