My Personal Takeaways from Marie Kondo’s Home Tidying Method

A new life is what Marie Kondo’s method aims to achieve

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Marie Kondo is a world-famous consultant offering advice on tidying homes.

If you are not familiar with her, I recommend you watch the Netflix reality series “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo”, there you will see families with different needs benefit from her can-do spirit and her tidying method.

In the beginning, I did not expect much from the series. But after watching family after family, in different ages and different stages of life, seeking advice from Marie, I slowly realized that at some point every person will find it hard to keep up with tidying — may it be the arrival of a newborn, getting a new job, or even the sudden loss of a loved one. Marie’s method is unique because it not only takes care of the household items but the hearts and minds of its users, to me that’s what makes it powerful.

Here are my personal takeaways from Marie’s method.

Takeaway 1 — Tidying a home involves tidying our hearts and minds

Before Marie started helping a client, she always insisted on doing a silent ritual to formally greet the client’s…