{"id":926,"date":"2016-01-07T01:44:37","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T18:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/decluttering-cant-save-us-from-the-consumerist-mess-weve-made-suzanne-moore\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T01:52:30","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T18:52:30","slug":"decluttering-cant-save-us-from-the-consumerist-mess-weve-made-suzanne-moore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/decluttering-cant-save-us-from-the-consumerist-mess-weve-made-suzanne-moore\/","title":{"rendered":"Decluttering can\u2019t save us from the consumerist mess we\u2019ve made | Suzanne Moore"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nMarie Kondo\u2019s 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. \u201cLook,\u201d I tell it, \u201cyou 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\u2019s for the best. Thank you for everything.\u201d The lid remains sulky. Silent even. That\u2019s 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\u2019s most influential people. Her books are published in more than 20 countries. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Marie Kondo\u2019s bestselling books sell tidying as a spiritual experience. 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