RVing Marie Kondo Style

Rving Marie Kondo Style

The internet recently blew up when Netflix showed a series of episodes of the famous Marie Kondo's best tips and tricks to tidying up and staying organized in your everyday life. In it, she teaches the correct ways to de-clutter and clean out your closets and storage areas. She uses a proven process to help do so. Here at Veurink's RV Center, we believe some of those tips and tricks can be transferred to keeping your RV tidy and make more room for things you may need. If you RV full time, this might be a great way to do things in order to have everything you need with you in your home on wheels. 

Photo: Marie Kondo

The KonMari Method™ encourages tidying by category – not by location – beginning with clothes, then moving on to books, papers, komono (miscellaneous items), and, finally, sentimental items. Keep only those things that speak to the heart, and discard items that no longer spark joy. Thank them for their service – then let them go.

Here are the six basic rules of tidying according to the KonMarie technique.

Rule 1: Commit yourself to tidying up.

Rule 2: Imagine your ideal lifestyle.

Rule 3: Finishing discarding first.

Rule 4: Tidy by category, not by location.

Rule 5: Follow the right order.

Rule 6: Ask yourself if it sparks joy.

Using these tips and tricks, you can organize your RV better to create more storage for things you might need on your trips. Some examples might be storage bins and boxes to help contain things in a similar "category" to keep them organized and together. This way of organizing also helps simplify the things you do need and makes your choices of what to bring more purposeful and intentional.