This one has pictures, and is a bit riper with particulars-there are six (short) pages about underwear, three for stuffed toys, and so on-but essentially restates the principles of the world-conquering book that preceded it.Īs a recovering clutterbug myself-though not a minimalist and not a fan generally of the how-to genre’s Manichean, one-size-fits-all prescriptions-I admit I find aspects of the so-called KonMari Method (a contraction of Kondo Mariko, her name in the Japanese style) compelling, if not altogether original. The second Marie Kondo volume to be translated here, “Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up,” will come out in January. More than four million (and counting) copies of the book have sold worldwide. Since then, it has inspired a will to discard, it seems, in a million and a half (and counting) American book-purchasers with too much stuff. It is where we review and rethink about ourselves.“The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up,” Marie Kondo’s mega-selling how-to of minimalism-a tidy blend of confessional autobiography, life philosophy, decluttering strategies, and clothes-folding tips-arrived in America in late 2014. “It is the place where we appreciate all the things that support us. a place where there are no unnecessary things, and our thoughts become clear,” she says. “The inside of a house or apartment after decluttering has much in common with a Shinto shrine. She began communing with her belongings in high school and, after years of work at a Shinto shrine, realised her calling as a professional consultant on attaining the joy of minimalism. Kondo says she has been obsessed with tidying since she was five, opting to arrange shoes and pencils while other kids played outside. Papers and documents – there won’t be many since few are truly necessary and they generally hold so little joy – are likewise filed rather than stacked. Cupboards are meticulously reorganised to fit everything from electric fans (at the bottom) to spare blankets (on top). So T-shirts and socks (the ones you’ve kept because they make you happy) are rolled and arranged beautifully, like sushi in a bento box. The key, she says, is storing things mostly in drawers, arranged so everything can be seen at a glance and nothing is stacked, a practice decidedly unkind to items at the bottom. The first step is to confront your own stuff.”Īfter joyfully relegating mountains of unneeded or unloved belongings to charity or the bin, she turns to organising what is left. “You can leave communal spaces to the end. “There’s no need to let your family know the details of what you throw out or donate,” she writes, although she advises against secretly disposing of other people’s things. Instead of deciding what to get rid of, she says, the focus should be on what to keep: which few things spark sufficient joy or are truly necessary.īut how to contend with family members unready to join in the celebratory purge? If possible, carry the bags out of the house yourself. So, all the clothes, then all the books, then documents, then miscellany and, last and most difficult, photos and mementos. Part of what makes her method unusually speedy is that instead of decluttering room by room, she tackles belongings by subject, starting with what is easiest to part with. Even her book, she says, should be quickly discarded when it’s no longer needed. Clients suddenly find themselves surrounded entirely by things that provide clarity, unencumbered by belongings that carry baggage (unwanted gifts, clothes that no longer fit) or anxieties about the future. The results can be life changing, she says. After … the same room after the ‘KonMarie method’
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