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A review by vylotte
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
4.0
I have long been anti-clutter. Overly stuffed environments give me serious issues with my concentration, as if my eyes have no place to land. They move and move and dart and spin, and along with them, my thoughts. When my house is a wreck, so am I.
I practice all my hard-won skills to keep things clean: pick up as you go, everything has a place, purge everything but what you truly love. Clean up the clutter hot spots. Hide everything but what you truly need to be out. Remove an item for every item you bring in.
However, I am not the only person in my house, and I'm definitely not perfect. Stuff accumulates. For myriad reasons, "things" grow.
Yes, there is a good chance the author is insane. Definitely quirky, if nothing else. Not all of her lessons are completely applicable to me. I don't thank my clothes for serving me, I seriously doubt I'll ever have enough purses to ever think about swapping them out daily, and I laugh at her assertion that putting the light colors first will bring me peace (goth girls ftw!).
That said, there was a lot in here that was helpful. From reminders on how much happier I am when I'm surrounded by things I truly love, to telling myself that things hidden are not fulfilling their purpose and by passing them on to someone else I'm doing everyone good. Even the reminder that 99% of the time when I need something, I can't find it and do without it anyway, why not just chuck the mess to begin with? So yes, I found this a very valid read. I even touched every single shirt I owned. And you know what? It kind of helped.
Where I feel this book will do it's best work, is with the people new to the idea of purging, the people that hold on to everything "just in case." People who acquire stuff because items bring security. People that don't have the skill set yet to get control of their possessions.
If you can get past the (mostly) charming whackadoo, this book really can inspire and help, and I encourage people who feel like they're drowning in their environment to give it a chance.
Now to finally bite the bullet and go weed through my books. ((deep breath))
I practice all my hard-won skills to keep things clean: pick up as you go, everything has a place, purge everything but what you truly love. Clean up the clutter hot spots. Hide everything but what you truly need to be out. Remove an item for every item you bring in.
However, I am not the only person in my house, and I'm definitely not perfect. Stuff accumulates. For myriad reasons, "things" grow.
Yes, there is a good chance the author is insane. Definitely quirky, if nothing else. Not all of her lessons are completely applicable to me. I don't thank my clothes for serving me, I seriously doubt I'll ever have enough purses to ever think about swapping them out daily, and I laugh at her assertion that putting the light colors first will bring me peace (goth girls ftw!).
That said, there was a lot in here that was helpful. From reminders on how much happier I am when I'm surrounded by things I truly love, to telling myself that things hidden are not fulfilling their purpose and by passing them on to someone else I'm doing everyone good. Even the reminder that 99% of the time when I need something, I can't find it and do without it anyway, why not just chuck the mess to begin with? So yes, I found this a very valid read. I even touched every single shirt I owned. And you know what? It kind of helped.
Where I feel this book will do it's best work, is with the people new to the idea of purging, the people that hold on to everything "just in case." People who acquire stuff because items bring security. People that don't have the skill set yet to get control of their possessions.
If you can get past the (mostly) charming whackadoo, this book really can inspire and help, and I encourage people who feel like they're drowning in their environment to give it a chance.
Now to finally bite the bullet and go weed through my books. ((deep breath))