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.
Laura Ess If you just read the memes and not the book (a bit like reading the Old Testament without reading the New one) you might get the impression that this …moreIf you just read the memes and not the book (a bit like reading the Old Testament without reading the New one) you might get the impression that this is the only rule, to be applied indiscriminately. But it isn't, and shouldn't be.

Kondo says to discard by category, so in this case that'd be medicines. Certainly some medicine's should be disposed of, because they have a use-by date. For example asthma inhalents are only good for 2 years - after that they have no effect.

So how much chemo treatment stuff do you have? Is it mostly out of date? Do you have a cabinet full of old stuff that may or may not be effective? I'd figure that helping to keep you alive, would spark joy.(less)
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