Konmari's system is very rooted in the emotions of why you keep things, and the guilt you feel about having acquired them.īecause there's a bit of Shinto influence, she suggests talking to your things and thanking them for what they've taught you before you let them go. I'd read plenty of books before about decluttering logistics. It's no magical silver bullet or anything that I technically didn't already know, but it really made me think about what type of life I had wanted to live in my decluttered space instead of going through the physical process of getting rid of stuff. Honestly, I would say it's not really necessary to buy. I borrowed the audiobook and eventually decided I wanted a copy of the manga which I liked better than the book. It taught me new skills that I very much needed, and retain and use to this day. The book has a bunch of ridiculous-sounding promises in the beginning and you think that this is just another dumb self-help book, but it honestly made a huge difference for me. It's changed my approach to possessions and possibly headed off a worrying hoarding habit. Now I only own things I want to have and enjoy having, and I've learned how to identify and get rid of the stuff I don't want or use. It felt incredibly good, a literal weight removed, boxes of books being fucking heavy.Īfter that I did the Konmari purge on everything I owned and made similarly huge headway in sorting out my wardrobe, which had also previously seemed like a mess I could never do anything about. While I was doing it my parents were like "are you really getting rid of any?" and I said "this is probably just an involved dusting exercise." Well, I got rid of half of them that very day. My mom got the KonMari book for Xmas and I read it twice within the week, then moved the whole book hoard to the other half of my old bedroom, which was as much room as there was to move it. Thinking about getting rid of any made me think of the ones I loved and obviously I wasn't getting rid of those, so I didn't get rid of any. I had a giant "collection" (more like a hoard) of books that was causing me and my family real problems but I felt like I couldn't do anything about it. It's like dieting: it's relatively easy to make the change to less body fat, but it requires constant vigilance and effort to maintain and live the transformation. But note that transformational change implies that you, the reader, change and that you maintain the changes. If you like new ideas, the challenge of transformational changes and personal responsibility, then you are ready for her book. I certainly found her book inspirational. Focus instead on choosing the things that inspire joy and on enjoying life according to your own standards". Here is a quotation from the section Reduce until something clicks: "Don't focus on reducing or on efficient storage methods, for that matter. It is important to note that she does not advocate minimalism as a goal. Japanese society is conservative by Western standards and her books are written for socially-conservative women. Marie Kondo is Japanese and she takes her readers on a journey towards the ideal of the simple elegance of conservative middle class Japan.
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