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by
Marie Kondō
A dramatic reorganization of the home causes correspondingly dramatic changes in lifestyle and perspective. It is life transforming.
launched my own business
got a divorce.
Someone I have been wanting to get in touch with recently contacted me.
increase my sales.
My husband and I are getting along much better.
I finally succeeded in losing ten pounds.
when you put your house in order, you put your affairs and your past in order, too.
Yet my repeater rate is zero.
They are surrounded only by the things they love.
Success is 90 percent dependent on our mind-set.
As an organizing fanatic and professional, I can tell you right now that no matter how hard I try to organize another’s space, no matter how perfect a storage system I devise, I can never put someone else’s house in order in the true sense of the term.
In Japan, people believe that things like cleaning your room and keeping your bathroom spick-and-span bring good luck, but if your house is cluttered, the effect of polishing the toilet bowl is going to be limited.
I would fold the corner of a page that caught my interest and dream of trying out the tip described.
Rebound occurs because people mistakenly believe they have tidied thoroughly, when in fact they have only sorted and stored things halfway.
The Art of Discarding by Nagisa Tatsumi (Takarajimasha, Inc.),
I sat motionless on the floor for about an hour afterward staring at the pile of bags and wondering, “Why on earth did I bother keeping all this stuff?”
If, like me, you are not the diligent, persevering type, then I recommend aiming for perfection just once.
Tidying is just a tool, not the final destination. The true goal should be to establish the lifestyle you want most once your house has been put in order.
A booby trap lies within the term “storage.”
Putting things away creates the illusion that the clutter problem has been solved.
For example, instead of deciding that today you’ll tidy a particular room, set goals like “clothes today, books tomorrow.”
To escape this negative spiral, tidy by category, not by place.
Dobutsu uranai,
Using this approach, people who can’t stay tidy can be categorized into just three types: the “can’t-throw-it-away” type, the “can’t-put-it-back” type, and the “first-two-combined” type.
Effective tidying involves only two essential actions: discarding and deciding where to store things. Of the two, discarding must come first.
Tidying is a special event. Don’t do it every day.
From my experience with private individual lessons, “quickly” means about half a year.
Tidy in the right order.
Think in concrete terms so that you can vividly picture what it would be like to live in a clutter-free space.
Her description was as vivid as if she actually lived that way.
svelte.”
things related to an event that has passed.
When I found something not in use, I would pounce on it vengefully and throw it in the garbage. Not surprisingly, I became increasingly irritable and tense and found it impossible to relax even in my own home.
Because we should be choosing what we want to keep, not what we want to get rid of.
Do you feel joy when surrounded by piles of unread books that don’t touch your heart? Do you think that owning accessories you know you’ll never use will ever bring you happiness?
In addition to the physical value of things, there are three other factors that add value to our belongings: function, information, and emotional attachment.
People have trouble discarding things that they could still use (functional value), that contain helpful information (informational value), and that have sentimental ties (emotional value). When these things are hard to obtain or replace (rarity), they become even harder to part with.
The best sequence is this: clothes first, then books, papers, komono (miscellany), and lastly, mementos.
“Don’t let your family see what’s here. If at all possible, take the bags out yourself. There’s no need to let your family know the details of what you throw out or donate.”
However, it’s extremely stressful for parents to see what their children discard.
It can be very annoying when your family doesn’t cooperate with your attempts to achieve the “ideal” home.
I would wait until the timing was right and confront the owner with this question: “You don’t use this anymore, right?” But the response was either, “Yes, I do,” or, “I’ll get rid of it myself,” which they never did.
I realized with a shock that I was guilty of exactly the same thing I had been so bitterly accusing my family of doing.
To quietly work away at disposing of your own excess is actually the best way of dealing with a family that doesn’t tidy.
Once I was satisfied with my own room, I no longer felt the urge to dispose of things belonging to my siblings or parents.
We need to show consideration for others by helping them avoid the burden of owning more than they need or can enjoy.
If you bought it because you thought it looked cool in the shop, it has fulfilled the function of giving you a thrill when you bought it.
it has fulfilled another important function—it has taught you what doesn’t suit you.
