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Kondo's first book read like a religious tract, and it totally converted me. This book was more like the follow up how-to manual you get after conversion. It is more detailed and less inspiring, but still worth the read.
Much less preachy than [b:The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing|22318578|The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing|Marie Kondō|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1418767178s/22318578.jpg|41711738] and as a consequence, a more enjoyable read. More hands-on practical too and I think I finally understand some of her folding tips. I'm implementing a number of her ideas and my apartment is staying more organized even if it's not yet "tidy".
There are still some fundamental aspects where I disagree with her: her hatred of labels and garish text (I just don't care, and don't want to buy a new storage item for them) and one photo per day. Especially with digital, this doesn't make that much sense. There may be a number of angles to a landscape shot or photos of different people at the same event. I think that's taking culling a little too far.
There are still some fundamental aspects where I disagree with her: her hatred of labels and garish text (I just don't care, and don't want to buy a new storage item for them) and one photo per day. Especially with digital, this doesn't make that much sense. There may be a number of angles to a landscape shot or photos of different people at the same event. I think that's taking culling a little too far.
A great follow-up to The Life-changing Magic of Tidying Up. This book goes more into depth about how to store items once you've tidied. I loved the ideas for putting things that spark joy around your home like putting postcards inside cabinets so you'll see them often. If we have things we really like, we should use or see them everyday.
I liked this book much better than Kondo's "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up."
This book had more practical tips on how to decide what to keep and what to get rid of -- and also some great ideas on how to fold and store your clothing so your dresser drawers stay neat and you can find your clothes easily when getting dressed in the morning.
This book had more practical tips on how to decide what to keep and what to get rid of -- and also some great ideas on how to fold and store your clothing so your dresser drawers stay neat and you can find your clothes easily when getting dressed in the morning.
Good advice - enjoyed her "The Japanese Art of Decluttering" more - but both are similarly helpful guides to clearing clutter out of your life.
Finished 02/12/2019 on Audible, more focused on the actual techniques, but continued insights on the woman.
This book and author are way over rated. I read her first book and found it engaging, even inspiring as I'm thoroughly into the process of discarding and decluttering. But this book appears to be a stretch of already presented info and she comes off as just OCD!
After friends had raved about Marie Kondo’s folding method, we delved into a couple episodes of the Netflix special and found them both inspiring and hitting very close to home. It was a great intro to her method, and this book provides some extra reinforcement to the concepts, though I imagine it’s not as thorough as her first book. I was just fine skipping through some of the sections. In tidying my home I often think now, “what would konmari do?” Especially with keeping things I don’t find particularly joy-inducing, I now approach the belongings I do choose to keep with an overall respect and appreciation after reading this book.