Last month, Martha Stewart held a two-day tag sale at her farm in Bedford, New York, where she sold her own stuff - lawn furniture, wicker baskets, Christmas ornaments and, according to a Curbed reporter, $40 ornamental concrete leaves. But now “I would tell people to choose objects that spark joy and support the life you envision, and thank objects that no longer serve you and donate them to someone else.”Ĭue the great American pandemic purge.
“People may have accumulated extra objects during the pandemic that sparked joy at that time,” she said. Among her suggestions: Practice “joy-spotting,” an exercise that loosely translates to “stop and smell the roses,” and one she urges for her 4 million Instagram followers.
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She is now gearing up for the November release of her latest book, “Marie Kondo’s Kurashi at Home,” which shows readers how to apply her methods to every aspect of their lives. Last summer, on “Sparking Joy With Marie Kondo,” a three-episode series that aired on Netflix, viewers watched as Kondo persuaded small-business owners to embrace the central tenet of her tidying method: keep the stuff that brings you joy and toss the rest. She sees this moment as one to expand her reach into office cubicles and even personal bathing routines. The Japanese decluttering guru certainly thinks so. But is a country that has spent the past two years on a relentless shopping spree, filling homes with Peloton bikes, fire pits and bread machines, still in the mood for Kondo’s minimalist brand of tidying?
Marie Kondo has big plans for us to tidy not just our homes, but our entire lives.
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