Kristin Mann’s Reviews > The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing > Status Update

Are you finding this book helpful? Is this the one where you hold something and see if it brings you meaning?

Yes! That is the book. Yeah, it's a little extreme, but I ended up cleaning out and discarding clothing that I should have gotten rid of years ago. One of the things that I really took away was that if I am keeping a whole ton of stuff I am actuallynot utilizing the stuff I have. Like, when I went through all my clothes and found some clothes that I used to really love and forgot I had. so my justification for getting rid of some things was that it allowed me to really appreciate and use the things that I have. She also recommends thinking your clothes or whatever you're throwing away for their service and getting rid of them. I know it sounds crazy but I did that and I felt less bad about getting rid of something that I may be only wore once or that I was only keeping because someone gave it to me. It's a pretty interesting book and I think definitely motivating. I don't know if I could attempt the whole house right now or keep it like she says you should be able to after you've adopted her method, but I think it gave me some good takeaways to apply in my life.