Discarding hones one’s decision-making skills.
-- Marie Kondo
About the Quote
Whether we are neat freaks or slobs, discarding things is a way to exercise our decision-making skills. Do put something away where we found it? Do we find a better place to put something? Do we really need that pile of magazines which hasn't been touched in 12 years? Do we replace our hardcopy statements with scanned or digitized versions of them? Do we free up needed space by discarding something we inherited which we don't really use or need?
While neat freaks and slobs have different sets of priorities, both have to make decisions about what to keep and what to discard.
The neat freak makes thousands of decisions each day regarding whether something is retained or discarded. These decisions don't take long to make, so the effort needed to make them is small each time. The slob makes many decisions daily regarding what is kept or thrown out, just not as many descisions as the neat freak. Slobs require more effort to decide whether to keep something or to discard it.
Practicing discarding helps us get in the frame of mind to make decisions on other matters, some of which are important or even critical.
Some Information about Marie Kondo
Marie Kondo was born in Tokyo, Japan on 1984-October-9.
Marie Kondo is best known as a home organizational consultant. She is also a writer and an entrepreneur.
Kondo's interest in order and cleanliness was sparked at an early age from the home decor and interior decorating magazines her mother brought home. While her mother was tending to her baby sister, Kondo used her time alone to study the magazines to gain insight on how things were organized in the homes exhibited.
Like many students entering university, Kondo felt stress from her studies at the University of Tokyo. Many students relieve this stress by participating in athletics and sports. Kondo relieved her stress by keeping things organized. When she discovered the state of calm she felt from bringing order to disorganization, she discovered organization as a vocation.
It was at 19 while attending University of Tokyo that she became an organizational consultant. To be more effective as a consultant, she formulated the KonMari Method. The KonMari Method is based primarily on the steps she followed in organizing her living space or home. Also integrated in the KonMari Method are certain elements of Eastern philosophy, feng shui, and elements of inspirational coaching.
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