Chapter 1 Honing your sensitivity to joy

As you know, I am a fan of the Marie Kondo book, The life-changing magic of tidying up: The Japanese art of decluttering and organizing.

Good news! A second book is a available. The title is Spark joy: An illustrated master class on the art of organizing and tidying up. Kondo discusses the differences between tidying and cleaning. It is noted that the term cleaning refers to removing dust and dirt, that is, products generated by nature. The term tidying refers to confronting objects, that is, the things in your home.

We are going to go through the book chapter by chapter. Chapter 1 is titled Honing your sensitivity to joy.

The term "spark joy" refers to the feeling of happiness felt when handling an object. Kondo suggests honing in on emotion by creating a pile of similar objects, giving yourself three minutes, and choosing the top-three things that spark joy.

Kondo also notes that thinking that some object might come in handy some day is prohibited. Again, refer to the expression "spark joy." If it doesn't spark joy, Kondo suggests discarding.

Please join me on a journey though the book. Next week we'll cover chapter 2, how to fill your home with joy.

See you next week,

GP

Source: Kondo, M. (2016). Spark joy: An illustrated master class on the art of organizing and tidying up. New York, NY: Ten Speed Press