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Spark Joy with Marie Kondō


Well, I'm finally convinced. Thanks to these five events, I'm ready to begin Marie Kondō's guided journey of limiting my surrounding to things that spark joy:

  1. Katie Bastian's Example — For the past year, Katie, an online friend of mine, has been journaling her decluttering process via Instagram. I believe her when she raves about how the process has benefitted her.
  2. Scriptures — Today, after reading Isaiah 23 (the final "burden" chapter), I observed that I didn't want to suffer the same fate as Tyre—a merchant city which was cursed by the Lord for its obsession with materialism. I recognized myself as a participant in the stereotypical middle-class culture; one who constantly thinks about and gathers things.
  3. Macklemore —Have you seen Macklemore's Thrift Shop or Wings music videos? Macklemore is an American hip hop artist/MC (from Kent, WA) who writes a lot about the negative effect of global materialism. He's got a lot of good points.
  4. Sampling the KonMari Goods — I decided to go online and read the first few pages of Marie Kondō's book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing and It clicked with me. Kondō's writing style is simple, direct, and full of Japanese tradition (mysticism). I look forward to hugging my stuff and saying goodbye. If you say no to any of the following three questions,  Kondō's method may not be for you:
    1. "Do you feel comfortable hugging my furniture?"
    2. "Do you believe shirts have souls/energy?"
    3. "Are you a little bit insane?"
  5. My Reality — Just now, I walked around my apartment and realized that I've got a lot of junk just lying around. Approximately 40% of my things don't bring me joy. Additionally, I've wanted to simplify for a while. Kondō's system seems to be an effective approach to do just that.

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  1. HeatherThu May 19, 02:37:00 PM MDT

    Dude. I checked it out from the library. A great read.

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  2. Bryan TannerThu May 19, 02:41:00 PM MDT

    Good call, Heather. Libraries make the most sense. Why would anyone purchase this, when they could borrow it?! (Perhaps the process takes longer than 2 weeks.)

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    1. Julie TThu May 19, 11:56:00 PM MDT

      Agreed. In fact, Marie would not want you cluttering up your room with more self-help books! Diane Tanner is a huge fan of these!
      But if that I see the first one I will snag it for you šŸ˜˜

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