A review by labyrinth_witch
The Art of Discarding: How to Get Rid of Clutter and Find Joy by Nagisa Tatsumi

3.0

It was interesting to read the book that inspired Marie Kondo and the subsequent konmari craze that has swept millennial culture. She offers some useful mindset for common mentalities such as “I’ll just keep it for now.” I like best get discussion of thinking of everything as trash first, of considering your purpose for an item and then discarding it once your purpose is fulfilled, of designating one spot for a category rather than letting it overflow into multiple places, and choosing one place where you will NOT put anything.

However, I found her examples a bit trite to read and much of her recommendations are repetitive. It’s not a big book- 166 pages- but it could have easily been half the size and communicated the same information.