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.