The popularity of Marie Kondo, aka Konmari, proves that as living spaces are shrinking, people are looking for clever ways to tidy up. The spring cleaning queen's book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing became a bestseller, and on the 1st January 2019, Netflix even released a series on home cleaning called Tidying Up with Marie Kondo. If that doesn't make her an expert on a beautiful life, being listed as one of Time's "100 most influential people" definitely does. Bored Panda has compiled a list of some of the best memes about Marie Kondo to show you how people really feel about the Konmari method, so scroll down, enjoy and upvote the ones that are sparking joy to you!
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I've got 7000 books and nobody will take them away! If I feel the need to declutter I'll move to a bigger place.
Right there with you on this one. Take a book to bed and believe anything is possible.
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I switched to a Kindle 9 years ago, as much as I love my books I got tired of hauling boxes of them every time I moved, and if I was to physically have all of the books on my Kindle, the entire house would be nothing but bookshelves lol. I DO keep my favorites though, even if I have a digital copy.
she never said that readers should ideally keep 30 books. She said that *she* tries to ideally only have 30 books.
I heard this was made up for the meme and she never actually said that.
That is her own amount of books, NOT a suggestion for everyone else. Stop misquoting.
Yeah, I have over 500 books in my collection. So that is a no can do.
Always leave a few scattered by your bed to trip assassins. It's worked for me.
Not reading books is what keeps people stupid enough to watch Marie Kondo.
I've watched all of her videos and her TV show and she never says this.
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She literally said this about herself, that she for herself keeps, ideally, 30 books or less FOR HERSELF, not that everyone should do the same
*tour guide in the future* "...and you will see here, the beginning of the demise of the human race. We were only saved by the Readers." *touring hoard* "HAIL TO THE READERS!!"
Thirty??? I have a pile on the nightstand, over 200 cookbooks (they do spark joy for me) at least 2 on the bed, currently reading, one at the BKF table to read during BKF and lunch., one or two to take to appts to read while waiting, and more in other places. OH YES, THE SERIES BOOKS I'm WAITING TO GET THEM ALL BEFORE STARTING TO READ. LOL
I only buy Kindle books now for fiction. There's nothing that smells more disgusting than a house full of rotting paperbacks. They can't be recycled, the paper doesn't last because it's full of acid, and they're crazy expensive. Paperbacks are now fifteen to twenty bucks a crack. no thanks. ...///... That said, I collect American first editions by a few authors and antique cookbooks.
I've had paperbacks for decades and none of them have done that. If yours have, it's probably your house or a plumbing issue. I agree with you on how expensive they are, though.
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As an employee of goodwill I can say with certainty your correct
Don't pull this on out of the garbage when he finally gets tossed out.
I find I can't watch Hoarders any more, it is almost like I can smell it through my tv.
Done that on facebook, all should mute people who don't bring you joy ;)
I´ll watch it. Or film it. Or make a cult out of it. We´re millions.
No one is gonna ever make me get ride of my books! Specially when I go to the second hands and I get books for 1€ MY RUSTY PRECIOUS
Alcohol. But then you f**k up your liver and get an addiction. So it would probably be better to ignore what I said and talk to family or visit a psychiatrist.
I still don't understand why people are so offended by the idea that maybe they should get rid of stuff they don't need and will never use. I also saw a clip where she told someone who didn't like the kitchen utensils they had, but had no money to replace them to try to learn to appreciate them, because of their usefulness. So it doesn't seem to me that she is saying "it either sparks joy or goes in the trash". Not accumulating useless c**p that will sit forever in storage seems like good advice to me and I'm one of those people that tend to collect lots of useless stuff.
Exactly. I loved that show. It really helped me organise a lot of things. And i dont need to spend hours searching for them.
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This is the first time I've ever heard of this program. Lord help me if my wife ever finds out about it too... I'll lose my carefully hoarded collection of neat stuff, and random cables and chargers that I've been collecting for the last twenty years.
The point of her method is that everyone sorts through their own stuff.
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i hope they are really joking and not hating this show. this KonMari things is not for everyone and you don't necesarry to do all the method, do what you can do and what you want to do. believe me, its always nice for tidying up and have less thing.
I think it's just an easy target... and let's face it, some do make some great memes!
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I joke about the book thing, but in all honesty, I started watching organizing videos about 5 years ago and it was a relief to realize that I was not less of a book lover if I donated books that I was never going to read again. Rationally I knew that, but psychologically I needed to give myself permission to say "I'm finished with this". And not just about books, but also the little knick knacks and things that I have been gifted but had no use for. Now to get my M-I-L to stop bringing me stuff.
Instead of "I'm finished with this" how about "It's lonely. It's time somebody else cared for it".
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I found and bought the manga version last year before seeing the regular book version. It's kinda like taking the sneaky back way, because it fleshes out her concepts via interactions with a fictional client. It's somewhat canned, but a gentler approach for those who need it.
I think Marie Kondo is full of it. She may be a perfectly lovely person, but her ideas are nonsense. And although she wants you to throw away books, she wants you to buy hers. BS.
I followed Marie’s advice. I thanked my sister and gave her all her stuff packed up then told her that she does not bring joy and kicked her out. (It didn’t work but worth a try) Σ(-᷅_-᷄๑)
I like the show but I was really hoping my mom wouldn't watch it and... get any ideas. Long story short we went to Goodwill the other day with like, 3 giant boxes of... everything.
Mari Kondo cribbed the idea from Nagisa Tatsumi's book, The art of Discarding
Your attempt at a burn doesn't even singe, and the fire's dying...
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I still don't understand why people are so offended by the idea that maybe they should get rid of stuff they don't need and will never use. I also saw a clip where she told someone who didn't like the kitchen utensils they had, but had no money to replace them to try to learn to appreciate them, because of their usefulness. So it doesn't seem to me that she is saying "it either sparks joy or goes in the trash". Not accumulating useless c**p that will sit forever in storage seems like good advice to me and I'm one of those people that tend to collect lots of useless stuff.
Exactly. I loved that show. It really helped me organise a lot of things. And i dont need to spend hours searching for them.
Load More Replies... This is the first time I've ever heard of this program. Lord help me if my wife ever finds out about it too... I'll lose my carefully hoarded collection of neat stuff, and random cables and chargers that I've been collecting for the last twenty years.
The point of her method is that everyone sorts through their own stuff.
Load More Replies... i hope they are really joking and not hating this show. this KonMari things is not for everyone and you don't necesarry to do all the method, do what you can do and what you want to do. believe me, its always nice for tidying up and have less thing.
I think it's just an easy target... and let's face it, some do make some great memes!
Load More Replies... I joke about the book thing, but in all honesty, I started watching organizing videos about 5 years ago and it was a relief to realize that I was not less of a book lover if I donated books that I was never going to read again. Rationally I knew that, but psychologically I needed to give myself permission to say "I'm finished with this". And not just about books, but also the little knick knacks and things that I have been gifted but had no use for. Now to get my M-I-L to stop bringing me stuff.
Instead of "I'm finished with this" how about "It's lonely. It's time somebody else cared for it".
Load More Replies... I found and bought the manga version last year before seeing the regular book version. It's kinda like taking the sneaky back way, because it fleshes out her concepts via interactions with a fictional client. It's somewhat canned, but a gentler approach for those who need it.
I think Marie Kondo is full of it. She may be a perfectly lovely person, but her ideas are nonsense. And although she wants you to throw away books, she wants you to buy hers. BS.
I followed Marie’s advice. I thanked my sister and gave her all her stuff packed up then told her that she does not bring joy and kicked her out. (It didn’t work but worth a try) Σ(-᷅_-᷄๑)
I like the show but I was really hoping my mom wouldn't watch it and... get any ideas. Long story short we went to Goodwill the other day with like, 3 giant boxes of... everything.
Mari Kondo cribbed the idea from Nagisa Tatsumi's book, The art of Discarding
Your attempt at a burn doesn't even singe, and the fire's dying...
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