Declutter in This Order, Not by Room

Easy decisions first, so the hard ones get easier.

Marie Kondo's order is the one piece of her method I follow to the letter. It works because it trains your deciding muscle on easy things first.

The sheet, in text

1. Clothes. Everything you own, in one pile. Seeing the volume does half the work.
2. Books. Off the shelf and onto the floor. Keep the ones you would reread or lend.
3. Papers. Keep what is needed now, needed for a set time, or needed forever.
4. Komono (everything else). Kitchen, bathroom, cables, hobbies. One sub-category at a time.
5. Sentimental. Always last. By now you know what matters to you.

Finish discarding before you organize anything.

What I would actually use for this

Do the sheet first. If you still need something afterwards, these are the ones from my own shortlist that fit this job.

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