‘A stray sock on the floor can finish in coats piled on a chair … sometimes even in death’Life truly only really begins when you enjoy keep your house in order. Thats why I enjoy devoted my life to tidying. See that T-shirt on the floor. Pick it up you,slothful scumbag. Where was I? delight. That should be the defining feature of tidying. Tidying doesn’t necessarily mean you enjoy to throw everything away. It just means keeping the things that bring you delight. Hopefully, though, or you will finish up like me and realise nothing brings you more delight than living in an empty shell. Only then will you enjoy mastered the zen of tidying.
People often say to me: “Kon Mari,I am ready to tidy but I am finding it very difficult.” My answer is always the same: the road to tidiness is hard and requires much effort. You must commit yourself wholeheartedly to tidiness; anything less is the road to degradation. Relapse may start with a stray sock on the floor but it can finish in coats piled up on a chair; sometimes even in death.
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Source: theguardian.com