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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo

lurker_stalker's review

3.0

I'm someone who doesn't tend to horde a lot of things but the past few years, excess possessions and clutter have been creeping up. After seeing a couple episodes of Marie Kondo's Netflix series, I decided to pick up two of her books to see if my family could benefit from her technique.


Overall, yeah, I think her method of discarding and organizing will help us out. I'm not big on the more emotional aspects - my clothes and possessions having feelings and valuing my gratitude - but I can get behind about 90% of what she had to say.

I'm planning to read [b:Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up|25614984|Spark Joy An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up|Marie Kondō|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1435598787s/25614984.jpg|45694823] very soon and then I'll be starting off on reacquainting myself with all of my stuff.

curiousphy's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.5

She’s adorable and I loved hearing her stories. Lots of helpful tidbits but ma’am I am not getting rid of my books >:(

babs_the_moose's review

hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

3.0

purplegrapes's review

informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

5.0

llanirev's review

1.0

I'm not one to thank my stuff after using it or store everything even if I know I need it 5 minutes later. This book was 'get rid of everything, unless you have the feeling that's impossible'. And don't create more storage. Store stuff inconveniently and straight up so you have less storage space. Which isn't a problem; you're going to throw everything away anyway, so you have plenty.
So, this book wasn't cup of tea. And yes, yes. I know. I should get rid of tea in my house, because to me tea doesn't spark joy

janagaton's review

4.0

So I asked to borrow this book from a friend because she told me how much more organized and such she became after reading it, so I was hoping it'd do the same for me. Don't get me wrong, it did inspire to me to do a MAJOR closet clean-out, and the "Does it spark joy?" method definitely helped me let go of a ton of clothes. However, Marie Kondo's lifestyle is just that: a lifestyle. Unless you're as passionate as she was as a child for "tidying," this is an extremely tough practice to master.
I can see how many of her methods could change one's mindset, but I am in awe of the way Marie Kondo is able to maintain this lifestyle for years and how she convinces others to do the same.
Not going to lie, I definitely saw the extra room in my closet as an opportunity to fill it with a bunch of new clothes shortly after finishing the book...
I think one just has to be completely willing to transition to this particular "tidy" lifestyle and fully commit in order to successfully follow Marie Kondo's footsteps.
It was still interesting to read about how her methods have literally changed lives though!

mdorsey1206's review

informative

4.5

eclyan's review against another edition

I just forgot his existence

stephlavie's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing slow-paced

4.0

questionablyevil's review against another edition

had some useful tips