The Life-changing Magic of Tidying

Interesting juxtapose between western decluttering conventions and the KonMari method. She recommends throwing out things that “doesn't spark joy”. I can't throw away a perfectly good item when it can be donated or sold. Slows down the process but reduces landfill. Having said that, I can't disagree with being conscious of what you own and keeping items that make you happy. She also assigns personalities to her items, treating them as though they had feelings. It's weird when you read it in a book teaching you how to do stuff, but I think most of us do it already.

I read this as I'm redoing my room and I desperately meed to unhaul lots of stuff. My main thoughts on this were:
- written as if for a ciswoman perspective- which considering it was first published in 2011 i get
- i can tell she's not a enthusiastic reader from her attitude to books
- reduces the psychological aspect of hoarding although this isnt a book on that topic, she mentions people who clearly have hoarding tendencies and kinda jokes about it and then says very simplistically to just get rid .... Erm babe , anyone with hundreds of the same item clearly can't just get rid
- an almost spiritual take to cleaning and homes
- it's a good thing she is so hyper fixated on tidying because it has been great for her and others, although slightly unusual

The real test is to see if it works!