The Magic of Clutter: An Apology to Marie Kondo

Full disclosure, I have not read Marie Kondo’s bestseller The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing[image error].As a teacher with only two weeks off for winter break, I knew I had to jump right in and get to work if I wanted to have my house de-cluttered by Christmas.

I did, however, downloaded a summary of Kondo’s book, so I think I get the gist of her method. No, I can’t truly say I have KonMaried my life. But I did spend the better part of a week getting r...