There are a lot of things I don’t know at 26, which is strange because I was sure I knew everything at 18. Forest, who is only four years old, told me the other day with complete certainty:
I know more than you. I already know EVERYTHING.
He even knows how to fold clothes like Marie Kondo now. I didn’t know how to do this myself, until I borrowed her weird book in 2019, back when I avoided people because I wanted to and not because I was made to.
The book is weird. I had to power through at the end because I can only take so much life-changing magic, which included considering the feelings of my purse. But Marie did teach me a Very Good Thing:
How to fold my clothes.
It occurred to me that even though Marie Kondo has a show on Netflix and is super famous, maybe not everyone knows about her magical folding methods and tapping of mighty crystals.
In fact, I know for sure my friend Danielle doesn’t know about this because I helped her do some laundry last year and all her clothes were stacked together in a way that was not magical at all.
So this post is for you, Danielle.
And anybody else who wears clothes.
Your drawers should look like this:
This folding method also works with colorful clothing…but not as well.
After you’ve gotten rid of the irreparably stinky shirts, the holey pajama pants you’ve had since you reached your current height, and the pink dress that made you look like a pinata of a pregnant lady, the next step is storing your good clothes in a logical way (have you guessed my Enneagram number based on my holey clothes and my talk of logic?).
When you open your drawers, you should be able to see everything you own at a glance, instead of piling clothes up and never wearing the stuff at the bottom. You know there’s some weird junk at the bottom, and possibly a tube of Chapstick.
Like many good things in life, this is very simple: Fold your clothes into small squares and store them upright.
Maybe this isn’t as life-changing as this revelation I had about my fridge and its emotions, but it’s a small change that will make your drawers, and your life, a little better.
I like that quote from Mother Teresa:
Not all of us can do great things,
But we can do small things
With great love.
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