Well, in my dreams, at least.

I have had some extra vacation time this summer and one of the things I wanted to tackle is sort of a whole- house KonMari, along with about a million other projects and adventures! Boy, everything takes more time than you think, and prioritizing is necessary.

My confession is that I did not start by following her method exactly but have gotten more on track after re- reading the book. I'm not concerned about a few detours, but I did feel that she is onto something with Categories ( multiple bedrooms and baths and storage areas, I'm Lookin' at you re: duplications !). Also the wisdom of " getting in shape " with less taxing categories- I'm inundated with family photos but am not going to tackle those yet.
Anyhoo, one deviation is not fully focusing on just categories first but doing some room- by- room tidying to start.
I think the key concept is To Start because I am ready to embrace her underlying premise, but after a very busy work stretch, things were UN tidy in basic living areas and hard to keep up on daily basis. So I thought that if I could do some area- based de- cluttering to start, it would help me feel better and keep up with the daily grind and keep going. So I did work on kitchen counters& tables, bath counters, laundry area and incoming mail/ papers a bit.
This risks doing just Neatspree, but I tried to keep the concept in mind-- discard , don't just re- organize.
Also, I plan to use a cleaning service this year and I felt I needed to achieve some " surface control" to get them in, and then with that basic cleaning under control, I could continue more de cluttering as well as planning more fun activities.
Along with that I did start some categories, but not in her order. I did not start by doing all Clothing! I did SOME clothing categories , some closet tidying, made some work capsules for early fall, and meanwhile started systematically wearing more of my casual wear and gear and have been discarding items that are not fab as I go along. I think clothing is a harder category for me, first, and second, many of my own other KonNari categories are about letting go of past hobbies and projects , some ancestor items, and prior work areas, in anticipation of some changes. So in " visualizing" this new focus and making space for new plans and personae, I'm sort of working toward fitting the clothing cull around that. In addition, i am not tackling winter woollies while its 100 degrees! But, I will need to face the music soon.
So, that's my deal so far. I can see pitfalls and progress. I'm now getting into more categories and also giving myself booster shots by rereading chapters, as I find things resonate more, the more I do. As in, oh, actually I DID just "reorganize" that junk and did not truly assess and discard. For example, some books given to us by MIL including cookbooks( which have long, hooked tentacles for me!) and I found myself going , oh, this is s microwave cookbook and I use a microwave, I might need this some day and putting in Keep pile. Then I re- read MK and she described the exact phenomenon and I realized I was doing the rationalizing thing and not the Joy thing ( for cookbooks, for heavens sake, which are not the same thing as keeping the toilet plunger!).
I am still learning as I go along and working to make bigger, deeper changes.
Please feel free to comment and add any helpful hints! I may do some updates as I discover more myself!