Book · 2014 · Home economics
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
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It's interesting because I'm also reading Marie condo's book The life-changing magic of tidying up which is the kind of the giant sensation about reorganizing your life and I just got to the section where she says you should not own loungewear.
What they say about it
- Self-help book by Marie Kondo3
The best things said about it
A graphic novel adaptation of Marie Kondo's bestseller The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.
In her 2010 self-help book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Kondo says that she experimented with this method but that it didn't end up working for her.
Marie Kondo to write a book about how we accumulate like so much crap in our lives.
I started to watch Marie Kondo's The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.
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How it comes up
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Why people recommend it
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo is a widely known self-help and organizing guide that encourages individuals to evaluate their material possessions by keeping only those items that spark genuine joy. The book has inspired various discussions across multiple podcasts regarding minimalism, consumer habits, and clutter. On ChooseFI, Jeff mentioned reading Kondo's book before writing an article about decluttering and evaluating material possessions, while Dominick Quartuccio used the work metaphorically to suggest applying similar tidying principles to information consumption habits. Michael Easter discussed on EconTalk how people began discarding items en masse following the publication of the book, momentarily forgetting its exact title during the conversation. On The Book Review, Alexandra Alter noted a graphic novel adaptation of the bestseller, and Pamela Paul brought up the book while exploring self-help trends, specifically highlighting Kondo's stance against owning loungewear. Additionally, an episode of No Stupid Questions featured the host and Mike Miltimore examining the accumulation of household clutter and discussing Kondo's specific recommendations for organizing and handling books, including the author's personal experimentation with different methods of retaining valuable passages while discarding the rest of the volume.
Every mention
Dominick Quartuccio so it's time to do like what Marie kondo does best right the life-changing magic of tidying up 1
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“so it's time to do like what Marie kondo does best right the life-changing magic of tidying up”
Adam Minter and she has she has she has written a book that became a television series called the Japanese art of declu… 1
Discussed
“and she has she has she has written a book that became a television series called the Japanese art of decluttering”
Alexandra Alter one of the ones that cross my desk recently that's just out is a graphic novel adaptation of Marie condo's… 1
Discussed
“one of the ones that cross my desk recently that's just out is a graphic novel adaptation of Marie condo's bestseller the life-changing magic of tidying up”
Chris Williamson I'm reading the life-changing art of not giving a [__] no no he's just releasing you book actually my Monso… 1
Discussed
“I'm reading the life-changing art of not giving a [__] no no he's just releasing you book actually my Monson the life-changing magic of tidying up or something by a recon Connor a condo”
James Clear So The Power of Habit, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, The Power of Now, The Power of Positive Think… 1
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“So The Power of Habit, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, The Power of Now, The Power of Positive Thinking, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck, The blah, blah, blah.”
Jonathan Mendonsa I started to watch uh if you or if you have Netflix I started to watch Marie condos the life-changing magic… 1
Discussed
“I started to watch uh if you or if you have Netflix I started to watch Marie condos the life-changing magic of tidying up”
Kevin Rose Who is that the lady you had in your podcast that wrote that book on Marie Marie Kondo... Technically Marie… 1
Discussed
“Who is that the lady you had in your podcast that wrote that book on Marie Marie Kondo... Technically Marie Kondo's how they would say it in Japanese, but Marie Kondo. Yeah, she's awesome.”
Michael Easter and this was especially true after the the art of tidying up was that the name of the book 1
Discussed
“and this was especially true after the the art of tidying up was that the name of the book”
Mike Miltimore and in the world of the life-changing magic of tidying up and the world that kind of called forth Marie con… 1
Discussed
“and in the world of the life-changing magic of tidying up and the world that kind of called forth Marie condo to write a book about how we accumulate like so much crap in our lives”
Pamela Paul it's interesting because I'm also reading Marie condo's book The life-changing magic of tidying up which is… 1
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“it's interesting because I'm also reading Marie condo's book The life-changing magic of tidying up which is the kind of the giant sensation about reorganizing your life and I just got to the section where she says you should not own loungewear”
Russ Roberts do you remember i'm sure you do uh the marie condo best seller the life-changing magic of tidying up 1
Discussed
“do you remember i'm sure you do uh the marie condo best seller the life-changing magic of tidying up”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker5
Discussed
“then Mike says that Japanese author and professional organizer Marie condo recommends ripping out pages of a book that resonate with you and getting rid of the rest of it in her 2010 self-help book The life-changing magic of tidying up condo says that she experimented with this method but that it didn't end up working for her and she”
Discussed
“in her 2010 self-help book The life-changing magic of tidying up condo says that she experimented with this method but that it didn't end up working for her and she instead recommends discarding most books in their entire”
Discussed
“In her 2010 self-help book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Kondo says that she experimented with this method but that it didn't end up working for her, and she instead recommends discarding most books in their entirety.”
Discussed
“so that article that I wrote I wrote that after reading the Marie Marie condo book that's called the uh the life-changing magic of tidying up”
Speaker ChooseFI 048 | The Happy Philosopher | The Happiest Man in the Room 2017-11-06 Listen at 25:35
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“so that article that I wrote I wrote that after reading the Marie Marie condo book that's called the life-changing magic of tidying up”
Speaker ChooseFI 048 | The Happy Philosopher | The Happiest Man in the Room 2017-11-06 Listen at 48:01
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Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“And like, it was the one, you know, 30-day period of my life where I became Marie Kondo, I organized the [ "] out of my company.”
Passing
“so it's time to do like what Marie kondo does best right the life-changing magic of tidying up It's kind of like reconnecting with why am I seeking this information”
Speaker ChooseFI 185 | Adapting to the New Normal with Dominick Quartuccio 2023-05-24 Listen at 29:23
Passing
“so we basically followed the maraconda book that you guys I'm sure I've heard about and yeah so we don't size everything just keep the things that brought us value to our life which was not a turn and stuff all of that into two backpack each and we travel carry on only”
Speaker ChooseFI 223 | Slow Traveling the World the FI Way | Nomad Numbers 2020-06-21 Listen at 28:12
Passing
“it's possible to read a book like Marie Kondo's book, which I can never remember the title of because I want to say it's like the magic art of Japanese tidying up. Then it's like, "No, it's something close."”