by cthorn | Jul 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
Heat waves and clutter are allies when it comes to punishing us with unbearable living conditions in especially hot summers like this one. The news is filled with reports of dangerously high temperatures across the country and beyond, and here in Connecticut we’re...
by cthorn | May 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
Anyone who shops at Target or equivalent Big Box stores is familiar with the sections devoted to plastic storage bins and other vessels of varying types that are presented as storage “solutions.” While these bins, boxes, organizers, baskets, expanding files, and more...
by cthorn | Mar 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
Can we talk … about our tendencies toward hoarding? The Mayo Clinic describes hoarding disorder as “an ongoing difficulty throwing away or parting with possessions because you believe that you need to save them.” In elaborating, Mayo warns, “You may experience...
by cthorn | Feb 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
The headlines seemed shocking. “Marie Kondo’s life is messier now — and she’s fine with it,” The Washington Post declared in a Jan. 26 story. National Public Radio (NPR), picking up the Post’s story, slapped this headline on its account: “Marie Kondo revealed she’s...
by Doug Clement | Jan 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
Certified Platinum KonMari Consultant Christine Thorn, Connecticut’s Sage of Interiors, will give her informative and entertaining presentation about the lifestyle benefits of the KonMari Method of tidying and decluttering for three public libraries in January. On...
by cthorn | Dec 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” —Henry David Thoreau “Tain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It)” —Ella Fitzgerald “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you...
by cthorn | Oct 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
“Have you looked at your garage and tool shed lately? Just opening the doors on those things can be a safety hazard,” Popular Mechanics says in a recent story on ways to “organize your gadgets.” If you’ve done yardwork like most of us this autumn, or fixed up things...
by cthorn | Aug 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
Apparently there’s a legion of folks who use KonMari-like principles to downsize in order to enjoy the “glamourous sexy side of van life,” as in camper vans that serve as home away from home and allow the free-spirited to travel from one spectacular view to the next....
by cthorn | Jul 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
I am very honored and excited to share the news that I have achieved Platinum level as a KonMari Consultant. Over the past 3 ½ years I have given many presentations on the KonMari method, slowly but surely planting the seeds of the joy that comes with being liberated...
by cthorn | Jun 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
A serendipitous click online landed me on the website of Julie Morgenstern Enterprises. She’s a productivity guru and her team “helps individuals, groups, organizations and teams tame chaos so they can make their unique contribution.” It’s not unlike the goal of...
