hey friends ~
how are you guys doing? ^.^
so before we get started, I want to first show you guys something
this is what I do every weekend when I need to film
I put everything that was on my desk on the floor so that it's out of frame
so that it looks clean and nice behind me
when I filmed from this angle exactly
a little behind the scenes
so today I'm going to really put my house and my outer world in order
by KonMari-ing my closet and books
so that I can really put my inner world in order as well
hopefully this is the last cleaning vlog I make for a while
because the goal of this tidying and organizing session is..
to keep my apartment this way
not just for two hours but for the weeks to come
the first thing I like doing is to put everything back where they belong
this is something that KonMari talks about as well
of grouping all the things together
so I have a lot of skincare products outside in my hallway
because I'm a host on Beauty Within
which is a skincare and beauty channel
so there's a lot of products that I need to try out
because it's a part of my job
it's a little excessive.. actually it's very excessive
the amount of skincare I currently have
yep this is just one part of it
so the thing is.. when I saw all of this
I got very overwhelmed
I didn't want to deal with this
so instead of dealing with it.. I put it off for later
and I did something else that I really wanted to do which is to vacuum
I already he talked about how much I love this Dyson wireless vacuum
so I'm not going to get into it too much
but it's kind of like..
if you don't want to do something and you know you don't want to do it..
find something else that you know you would be happy with doing
alright that's all I could do on Saturday
I spent the rest of the day reading and catching up on just a lot of things
that I've been meaning to catch up on specifically reading
because I just haven't had time
so you know.. I'm making time
all right so this is Sunday
I'm going to go through every single article of clothing that I have
taking everything out, putting it on the bed, touching every single thing that I own
and seeing every single thing that I own
but before I go on just really quickly..
how satisfying is this?
is it just me or is it satisfying to you guys too
~ waao so beautiful ~
~ okay ~
going back to taking everything out and touching every single thing that you own
I feel like psychologically..
it really helps to see how much you actually own
throw everything on your bed or wherever it is that you're cleaning
and this is actually something that I haven't done in a really long time
maybe over a year
I KonMari probably every season
but I haven't actually removed all of my clothing from the racks in a long time..
~ like this ~
here I'm like.. should I take these out as well..
no I just folded it
I think I'm just gonna leave it..
yeah I'm gonna leave it
soo..
I've accumulated a lot more clothes
thankfully colorful clothes
I made it a point to not buy anymore black or white items of clothing
because that's all I owned for a while
I'm doing a lot better..
because again, hosting on Beauty Within..
more color and I think just me as a person..
I want to start wearing more color
because I don't know..
I want how I dress to be a reflection of how I feel inside
I used to you know love black because I felt mostly darker inside
but now that a lot has changed..
I want my outer world including the things that I wear, my surroundings, and things that I own..
to be a reflection of my inner world
for those of you who are more observant
you probably noticed that I didn't take out too many clothes
because I do go through my clothes seasonally
so the most things would have been taken out have already been taken out
so this is more of an exercise for myself
to remind myself of.. this is everything that you own
so that you don't need to buy more other things that you already have
and if I do need to get more things to host in..
to look different.. for it to be different
just keep in mind that these are the things that you already have
I think it's important to kind of go through our possessions every once in a while
and take a mental inventory of everything that we have
to remind ourselves we actually have a lot more than we think
~ we do ~
this applies to the stuff we have and beyond
so now I'm going through my pants
and yeahh.. pretty straightforward
time to go through all of my black and white dresses
earlier you guys saw I had a lot more colorful dresses that are hanging
because those are pretty new
I just left them in there because I knew for sure that I wanted to keep them
so going through the black and white ones
and now I'm folding KonMari style
this cardigan that I thrifted
it's actually Missoni
I thrifted it I think at Wasteland
somewhere.. I forgot
but yes..
if you guys want to learn how to fold the KonMari way..
learning how to fold this way legit changed my life
and I watched Aileen from Lavendaire
her videos I'll link it down below
it's honestly pretty life-changing
yep.. alright continuation..
of the foldings..
and the putting things back where they belong
so I'm going to throw these two on the side for now
so that I can put it back in this thing
and for those of you who are curious where I got this
it is from the Container Store
I'll also link it down below
so here I'm doing something I've been meaning to do for a while
sorting my sweaters by color
and by this point I'm kind of tired..
kind of don't want to clean anymore..
but you know you just gotta push through
because if you don't do it now..
you're gonna have to do it in the future anyway
so these are all my t-shirts and tops and..
~ we are done ~
fits like a glove
and I had to hop on a work call
for a bit..
~ fun ~
and then...
cleaning the rest of the place
so I decided to tidy up all of my living space
like 75% of my living space
as you can see the hallway behind me
it's a mess
there's also a lot of bags
and my bathroom is still a mess
but it's okay
one step at a time
celebrate the small wins
I did something really awesome today by cleaning all my clothes
next up: books
similarly with what I did with my clothes..
I'm taking every single book that I own and putting them in one area
I've actually never done this before
so this is kind of exciting to see just how many books I own
so taking a look around
yep, no more books to be seen besides behind me
and this is all I could do for the night
yeah so call it a night after this
so that I can get back to it the next day
and these are the two books that I'm reading right now
*waves hello*
(went a little overboard lol)
so tired
I'm just gonna talk.. I don't know why I'm not talking
it's 10:14 PM
I'm gonna do this for 30 minutes
I'm gonna meditate and I'm gonna go to bed
I think I'm gonna end it in this video after I clean this
my bathroom is still not clean but I'll do that this weekend
one at a time
so the way I decided to approach this was going through every single book
taking a look at the summary of what the book is about
and loosely sorting them just around me..
spreading them all around me
this is the first step to go through everything that I have
so I can mentally make note of the different categories
or the different groupings I can make of the books that I currently have
so this is step 1
and currently I have like a business self-help pile
a pile that I've read already
a pile that I want to read
a pile that I definitely won't read for the foreseeable future
so those are kind of my mental tabs as of now
as I'm going through all of them
I don't know how baby picture got in the pile but..
it's there
it's a lot of books
it's like a mini bookstore
ever since I listened to Tim Ferriss' podcast with Naval Ravikant
where he talks about how he reads books as he reads articles
so he will be reading many many books at once
it really opened up my mind to realize that..
I can be reading many many things at once
just whatever interests me as long as I'm reading
and I think that was such a liberating realization
letting go of this notion that I have to finish something before I start something else
and I feel like..
yeah.. it's important to see things through till the end
but with something like books that's based off of what you're interested in..
you should let yourself freely explore what you want to explore
this is like having enough self-awareness to know and to be able to identify..
what is holding you back from doing the things that you want to do
so for me I was very stuck to this idea..
that I need to finish a book before I can start another
so once I got rid of that..
I've been reading so many more books
well I haven't lately because I just haven't had time
and I've been using that as an excuse
but now I'm..
this year I'm going to read at least 12 books
probably a lot more but at least 12
and here's going through..
these are books that I've read or I do not want to read
or I know I'm not going to read for a bit
these are the books that I'm very interested in reading or rereading
and this is a book from my communications class in college
these are books that I feel will be helpful
in creating content of how to find your North Star
or how to design your life
designing your dream life
here are books that I really want to read
about like philosophy and traditional Chinese culture
and these are screenwriting books
that I feel like can help me with writing better scripts for my videos
and coffee table books
and with that..
~ voila ~
I'm not married to how this looks yet
but I think for now it got the job done
looks good.. it's organized
my bathroom on the other hand..
is even crazier than what it looks right now in this frame
but we'll save that for another day
and until next time
yep life is always a work in progress
to be continued forever
I love you guys
thank you guys so much for joining
and I hope you all had a beautiful weekend
or are having a beautiful weekend
and that if you're not currently..
you can always turn it around
because you can do anything you set your mind to
ok bai~