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I have read other books about how to organize/clean your home. However, the way this book is unique and different is that the author meets me where I'm at. No matter how bad your home/office is, she has seen it and has been hired to clean/organize it. If you are willing to use the author's method, your space will be transformed. More importantly, it will not go back to the way it was. Brilliantly, author makes a connection between holding onto emotional baggage and holding onto items that don't bring us joy. Even though the book is translated from Japaneese, the words brought healing uplifting motivating energy to me. After reading the first couple of pages, I spent the rest of the day cleaning. It is that inspiring. If anyone can relate to me with a home in poor shape and they don't know where to begin, this book is pure gold. I highly recommend it. It is a great investment in your life, cleanliness of your home and emotional well being, happiness and sanity. PS: author even helped hoarders without judgement.Read full review
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Total waste of Money. This was more of the Author's Autobiography, then on cleaning. She thinks you should throw out .....blaw blaw blaw, Not for me! Check out FLY LADY. Its free on the Internet, helps you catch up, and stay caught up.
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I'm not organized or neat but I want to be ... thus I have spent tons of money over the years on decluttering books, organizing books, self-help books for hoarders, etc etc etc. I start reading them but soon lose interest and those books just become more clutter. But I am amazed to say this book is the only one that makes me believe I can do it. Marie Kondo emphasizes keeping only those items that spark joy in your life ... it's that simple and that freeing. Don't get rid of what you don't want but instead keep only what sparks joy. There are so many nuggets of wisdom throughout this took that I am re-reading it and highlighting those nuggets. This is one book I will keep because it is life-changing, just like the title says.
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My closets, cupboards, and guest bedroom had become storage areas. I kept saying “Well, it’s not eating anything” or “I might need this someday” to avoid making decisions about items. After reading Marie Kondo’s book, "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing,” I experienced a lightning-bolt insight – DO IT NOW! I started gathering clothes that didn’t fit, shoes that hurt my feet, and handbags I hadn’t used in years. I put them in the charity sack that I kept in my closet and rarely filled. Next, the kitchen. I had to move extra pots to get to the ones behind, I had multiple cookie sheets, a spare set of silverware, extra baking pans – all, OUT! If looking at it depressed me, it went in the charity sacks. My attitude changed from “If I move, would I move this?” to “Does this spark joy?” Thanks to this book, clearing out has become a joyful experience and is benefiting others.Read full review
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It is a simple concept for those over come by their possessions. Feeling overwhelmed and anxiety filled is not joy! Thinking about the maybe life, maybe you will one day need it. Maybe you will, but chances are that size 2 little black dress with the tags on it since 1972, doesn't fit and even if it did, would you really still wear it? Or would you want something a little more current and less dusty? It only reminds you you are a size 22, but you cling to it like magical things will take place! They won't! What would be magical? Having a closet where you can find clothes you do wear, and do like/love! This book tells you to sort through your clutter with an eye on form as well as function. Sure any old ice cream scoop will scoop ice cream! But you have 10? Thin the herd, pick the one that when you hold it, makes you happy, makes it easy to scoop ice cream and makes you feel like Martha Stewart! Toss the ones with the rubber coming undone, where is catches more ice cream than it puts in the bowl. Donate, sell, give away or toss....but do not keep those questionable items. It takes effort to clean it, maintain it, house it, store it and work around it. That, my dears, is not joy! That's precious time and real estate being taken up with things robbing us of joy! Love this book! It you are a hoarder, a pack rat, perfectionism petrified and feeling burdened by your possessions, its time to take charge and look at your things with fresh eyes! Worth the read, worth the money!Read full review
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