Life-Changing Magic…
by manz
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing is an international best-selling book by Marie Kondo that is apparently magically changing lives. Kondo is a cleaning consultant that has created the KonMari Method, and with this she challenges you to ponder the significance of everything you own, and to keep only those items that spark joy. This includes everything – clothing, books, papers, miscellaneous stuff, and items with sentimental value. She instructs on how to sift through these items, how to purge what is not needed, and how to feel wonderful after doing so.
The book is full of wisdom and insight on how to make what you own fit into the space you live in. She states that no one should claim they have no space for storage. Her idea is that if you tidy a little bit every day you will be tidying up for the rest of your life. If you follow the KonMari method and follow through, tidying every day will not be necessary. This is not simply buying some bins and storing your stuff. This delves much deeper into analyzing every item you own and in a particular order.
People across the country have been devouring this book, including me, and I wonder how others are doing with the process! Will you Kondo your house?!
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I've heard a lot about the
I've heard a lot about the KonMari method the last couple weeks... I'll have to give it a try!
I think she has a lot of
I think she has a lot of great ideas, but she is absolutely BRUTAL when it comes to books.
willow, YES! She totally is.
willow,
YES! She totally is. Books, papers and "stuff" is what I wanted help with as far as discarding goes. Thankfully we can use the library to share a collection of books that doesn't have to take over our homes ;)
I didn't follow her method totally, but what I picked up from the book is amazingly helpful and motivational to keep a tidy space of things that I love and want to be surrounded by. And a method that also helps my mind-set is so welcome. So far so good!
I did enjoy finding a stash
I did enjoy finding a stash of instruction manuals for things that had long since broken and getting rid of the entire pile! I think she is a bit cavalier with the paperwork, but there definitely is a lot of room to negotiate between keeping it all and throwing it all away.
I also thought she had good points about avoiding being sucked in my organizing gadgets. What I was the most curious about was what exactly Japanese closets are like.