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Jun 02, 2019
“Putting your house in order affects all other aspects of your life.” - Marie Kondo This is a bold statement but according to the author, Marie Kondo, tidying can be meditative and peaceful as well as satisfying. She is a self-confessed tidier to the extreme since childhood to the extent that she not only tidied her room, her brother’s room and on to the entire household on a regular basis. She talks about how to analyze the “why” of a purchase and whether it still fulfills that need. How did you come to acquire an item? Was it a gift from a loved one that has ties to that person which is why you can’t let go of something? She instructs her clients to “…choose what you want to keep not what you want to discard.” People who use her method never revert. Her method involves putting things where they really should belong. Ms.Knodo insists that “…success depends on seeing results immediately.” She has an interesting viewpoint when it comes to belongings (only possess what you love) and is ruthless when it comes to filing papers – circular file for most of it especially in this electronic age. The reader, Emily Woo Zeller, uses tone and pacing to give a calm, placid delivery to a message that can be a hot button topic among family and friends. Her presentation keeps you involved in the message. I smiled to myself throughout this book recognizing myself in the people she described as well as my family and friends in her sharing experiences with clients. It’s as if she had looked in my closets and storage areas.