Property News · January 7, 2016

Decluttering can’t save us from the consumerist mess we’ve made | Suzanne Moore


Marie Kondo’s bestselling books sell tidying as a spiritual experience. But liberating ourselves from stuff is about more than just a neat sock drawerI am talking to an old Tupperware lid. “Look,” I tell it, “you may have been useful once, but I have no idea where your other half is, and I am going to have 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, the tiny Japanese queen of decluttering. Her new book Spark Joy, 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. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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