A Goodreads user asked this question about The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing:
"Get rid of anything that doesn't spark joy." That's a cute idea, but there's chemotherapy medicine in the medicine cabinet, and it requires soul-searching to find the joy in that. I kept thinking, "Surely she'll address the hard stuff soon?!" I haven't found that part yet.
Krystal She listed four criteria that add value to an item when deciding whether to keep/discard:

1. Function
2. Information
3. Rarity
4. Sentiment

Though she neve…more
She listed four criteria that add value to an item when deciding whether to keep/discard:

1. Function
2. Information
3. Rarity
4. Sentiment

Though she never specify whether one should keep chemo meds, but I think it's pretty obvious.(less)
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Erica Thank you for this! I never found this part.
Oct 31, 2015 06:26PM · flag
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Nicole Miles Honestly, Krystal's answer was the most useful by a mile. There is something very problematic about so many people saying "well, if your medicine does ...more
Dec 11, 2015 04:30AM · flag
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Lori This was not in the edition of the book that I read.
Mar 29, 2016 09:41PM · flag
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