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.
Stacy Gleiss I am a chronic "throw-away person." When someone in the house is missing something they always look at me! I don't think this is due to my Japanese ba…moreI am a chronic "throw-away person." When someone in the house is missing something they always look at me! I don't think this is due to my Japanese background, but a need for control-- the opposite condition of hoarding!

Stacy Gleiss, Author of "The Six-Foot Bonsai: A Soul Lost in The Land of the Rising Sun"

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