Key insights from
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
What you'll learn
Japanese tidiness consultant and Netflix star Marie Kondo walks us through her KonMari Method of cleaning, which aims at transforming homes and hearts through a minimalism that holds on to only those possessions that “spark joy.”
Key insights
- • What you'll learn
- 1 “Life-changing” is not hyperbolic language—the tidiness mindset can redirect a person’s trajectory.
- 2 Before discarding or organizing, you must be able to visualize the tidied space and express the reasons you want to be tidy.
- 3 The tidying process must begin with discarding—not organizing.
- 4 Instead of cleaning room-by-room, bit-by-bit, tidy up category-by-category.
- 5 Folding clothes well rather than hanging them will free up space in your closet and your mind.
- 6 You will never actually read your “someday” books.
- 7 The general rule of thumb for papers is discard everything.
- 8 You should keep miscellaneous items because they spark joy—not “just because.”
- 9 It’s time to stop using your parents’ home for storage.
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