I guess the real mystery is why, after having lukewarm feelings towards the author's first book, I went ahead and bought the cashing-in follow-up anyways. This book covers a lot of the same information as the first one, but I found it to be more practical, and I thought that the author comes off as a more likeable person. As an activity, purging and organizing possessions is a lot like eating right, exercising, and spending responsibly--most of us are not lacking in information so much as we are lacking in willpower. We pretty much know what to do; actually doing it consistently is the hard part. Along those lines, even though I doubt that I learned much from reading this book, it did inspire me to gather all my clothes, purge those that don't "spark joy," and organize the rest. Thus, I would say it was worth reading.

some common sense, some great ideas

A really helpful Book if you want to organize your home and other aspects of your life as well

Love love love Marie Kondo! Reading her books and decluttering have transformed my life and home

I didn't need to read this book after reading the first one. I skipped through quite a bit as I just didn't want to read about folding and getting rid of things. I get it, the Joy premise that is. Get rid of things that don't bring you joy and don't serve a purpose. Keep things you love, don't keep things just because.

“When you tidy, you gain a little confidence. You start to believe in the future. Things begin to go more smoothly. The people you meet change. Unexpected things happen in a positive way. Changes begins to accelerate. And you begin to really enjoy your life.”

I read Marie Kondo’s first book last year and I loved her philosophy on the Magic of Tidying Up. I think Marie is revolutionary and explains how tidying is so much more than just organising your home. It wasn’t until Netflix released their new series on New Year’s Day this year that I realised I never got round to reading her second book. The book is good, but I do think the first one was better. This one has little doodles and diagrams in, which is hugely useful. I think it was probably unnecessary to write two books - both of them could have been combined to make one bigger book and that would have worked fine. But Marie Kondo is great and if you haven’t watched her Netflix show yet, do it!

Si te has leído el primer libro, este no aporta mucho más allá de resumir lo que nos contaba la autora en el libro anterior y unos dibujos explicativos de cómo doblar la ropa. Dibujos que me han resultado muy útiles, por cierto.
Y aunque no me haya dado nada nuevo me ha venido genial leerlo cuando estoy poniendo el método en marcha, para así poder refrescar cosas y no dejar que decaiga la motivación.

I read 'Life Changing Magic' a while ago, and it didn't really click with me. But after watching the show I was inspired to try again. Re-read Magic, and then read this one. For whatever reason, I'm more receptive to it this time around.

• The narrator inexplicably pronouncing manga “man-ya”
• An anecdote about how owning a hammer doesn’t spark joy so this lady uses her frying pan instead