La Magia del Orden / The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up -- Marie Kondo

from ms_rowse

Some great practical advice on what it means to really have a tidy home. Much of her approach reminded me of the movie "What the bleep do we know" which explores in part our relationships with objects. Found some great YouTube videos to help me with learning how to fold clothing the KonMari way, ...

from fueledbycoffee

Everyone should read this book. Not just to follow to a T. Make the advice yours. Ball your socks? Thats ok. Keep the ugly vase your MIL gave you at your wedding for when s/he visits, do it if you need to and the *decision* makes you happy. Even if you get two or three bits of wisdom that help yo...

from comixminx

I really liked this book. It's a quick read, and I'm re-reading it right away to make notes and a focused action plan for me. It made me snicker in lots of places, which I didn't expect, and the spiritual approach was nicely undercut by a pragmatic explanation alongside, so you could pick & choos...

from doehlberg63

One of the main concepts I found interesting with this book is that organization and tidying should be a huge purge. I had often heard and believed that discarding an item a day is great. However, as the author pointed out, you are accumulating way more than one item a day, and that is such a slo...

from ToriC90

Really enjoyed this book. I haven't applied the method yet, but I can't wait to see what happens. This is in no way an organizational/helpful storage book. If you're looking for "Top 10 storage tricks to make your closet more spacious" this is not the book for you. This is an idea and concept tha...