Marie Kondo connects with people longing to get organized, but lacking the knowledge, confidence or inspiration to get it done. Marie Kondo’s KonMari method of tidying up is catalytic and magical. People previously paralyzed by their clutter get organized and proudly tell me about their tidy sock drawers and how their kids decluttered a gazillion Lego pieces and now regularly put them away. I encountered a shopkeeper who, upon learning I was a KonMari consultant, excitedly told me her family used their winter holiday to stay home and KonMari instead of going away. She said, “had we gone away, we would still have to face and live with the chaos when we got home.” Imagine, the prospect of becoming tidy led her to cheerfully choose not to go on vacation, but to stay home and get organized instead. Why? Why does Marie Kondo and her KonMari method spark so much action? Why does it work? Simply put, Marie Kondo closely studied the relationship between people and their stuff and as a result cracked the code on how to get organized. What is unique about the KonMari method? While conventional organizing deals with what to do with your stuff, Marie Kondo […]