Marie Kondo’s bestselling books sell tidying as a spiritual experience. But liberating ourselves from stuff is approximately more than just a neat sock drawer
I am talking to an old Tupperware lid. “Look,” I command it, “you may bear been useful once, and but I bear no conception where your other half is,and I am going to bear to let you go. It’s for the best. Thank you for everything.” The lid remains sulky. Silent even. That’s its lot. Get in the bin.
This is not just a spring clean in the normal sense, for I am following the advice of Marie Kondo, and the tiny Japanese queen of decluttering. Her fresh book Spark delight,an illustrated guide to the Japanese art of tidying, is upon us. She was listed last year by Time magazine as one of the world’s most influential people. Her books are published in more than 20 countries.
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Source: theguardian.com