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Marie Kondo Is Here to Tidy Up Your Pandemic Clutter if You Want To

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By Ronda Kaysen

The past two years have changed the way we live in our homes. Are we ready to return to a spartan existence, or is our new stuff what sparks joy now?

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Marie Kondo has big plans for us to tidy not just our homes, but our entire lives. 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 Ms. Kondos minimalist brand of tidying?

The Japanese decluttering guru certainly thinks so. She sees this moment as one to expand her reach into office cubicles and even personal bathing routines. Last summer, on Sparking Joy With Marie Kondo, a three-episode series that aired on Netflix, viewers watched as Ms. 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 is now gearing up for the November release of her latest book, Marie Kondos Kurashi at Home, which shows readers how to apply her methods to every aspect of their lives. 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.

As we return to the office or develop new ways of working in a hybrid model, there is no better time than now to reflect on what sparks joy, Ms. Kondo told me in an email interview.

Ms. Kondo entered the American consciousness with her 2014 book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, a runaway success that transformed her name into a verb Kondo your sock drawer and get a handle on your life. In 2016, the year she released Spark Joy, an illustrated guide on how to fold shirts and find your personal power spot, Ms. Kondo proclaimed that Americans had reached peak stuff.

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