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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Kondo Effect inspires the Nation !
We are such a goofy species lol
Netflix has people (serenely) bulldozing their closets, and thrift stores are riding the wave
On New Year's Day, Netflix released the series "Tidying Up with Marie Kondo," a minimalist home/life improvement show based on the wildly popular 2014 book "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up" and starring
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Needless to say, the whole experience has plunged people down their own personal trash chutes of existential crises. And thrift shops and used book stores are reaping the benefits.
Are you tied to your material possessions because you have chosen to fill the empty parts in your life with consumerism and thus your soul is scattered among promotional t-shirts and expired tubes of body lotion?
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And then to systematically and meticulously purge and reorder your household towards that goal.
Link to tweet
Netflix is sure one smart company !
I think I need to go clean out my jammed spare room, I'll be back later.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/01/12/entertainment/marie-kondo-konmari-tidying-up-netflix-trnd/index.html
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The Kondo Effect inspires the Nation ! (Original Post)
Pluvious
Jan 2019
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madaboutharry
(40,212 posts)1. It is a very cathartic experience!
Marie Kondo's folding methods are genius.
robbob
(3,531 posts)2. Folding methods?
Please elaborate, for those of us who arent quite ready to take on another show!
Takket
(21,575 posts)3. She folds everything into little squares
And arranges them neatly in boxes. Looks very nice lol.
madaboutharry
(40,212 posts)4. The drawers in my dresser look so beautiful.
I feel bereft that I didn't know about this before. I'm on to books now!