Hi everyone,
Hundreds of you responded to my spring survey... THANK YOU!
I appreciated every single comment you wrote – including this one: “Just did Marie Kondo’s book and cleared out everything. So no longer in the market for your work.”
For those of you who haven't heard of this Japanese decluttering phenom, Marie Kondo is the author of the bestselling book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. She is taking the world by storm with the tough-love methods of a Ninja warrior. “Tidy in one shot,” she advises. “Discard first, put away later.”
Of course I had to find out what all the fuss was about, so I bought and read her book and put some of her tidying suggestions to the test in my own home. (I’ll try anything if it will love-up our home spaces and simplify our lives.) I even wrote a series of photo essays about my experience – complete with before and after photos of my drawers and closets and papers.
Whether you are a fan or not, read Kondo's book or not, you might be wondering how her methods of decluttering and organizing stack up with my own. The truth is, we both were organizational geeks as children. We both love nothing more than to deliver life-changing magic for our students and clients. We both believe that our homes and possessions deserve honor and respect.
And yet with all those similarities, our approach to managing unwanted stuff could not be more different.
So what gives?