Summary

1. Thesis: At its best, tidying changes your life by surrounding you with the things that best support your body and spirit, while also getting rid of things representing excess attachment to the past or fear of the future.
2. Category: self-help, organization
3. Driving Questions:
4. Key Terms:
5. Related Works: The Untethered Soul,
6. Top Takeaways:
   • insight: Tidying is preparation for adventures
   • How you arrange your home affects your body in ways you don't realize
   • Tidying helps let go of resistance to the past and fear of the future, allow us to be more present and peaceful
   • Let go of mementos. Who you are now is more important than memories of your past. Honor the person we have now become, thanks to those past experiences.
   • Tips
     • Taking care of your wallet in turn takes better care of your money
     • shoeboxes are great for storing an wide assortment of items

Review

• Much funnier than the first book. I felt this manga captured Mari's personality more than the original audiobook narrated in calm spoken English

Notes

• It all starts with visualizing your ideal lifestyle.

  • Start by thinking about how you really want to live. What kind of house would you like and what kind of life would you like to lead in it--
  • Then ask WHY you want that lifestyle

• Then gather by category

  • for clothes, start with off-season--easier to ask whether you want to see something again next season
    • notice when you're just putting off deciding whether to keep something
    • when unsure about joy, wear it

• Kimono order

  • CDs/DVDs
  • Skincare
  • Makeup
  • Accessories
  • Valuables
  • Electrical
  • Household
  • Kitchen
  • Other
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Get rid of things you'd be embarrassed for others to see if you die

I don't think I have this problem--I hardly ever think of past lovers

We live in this moment. Who you are now is more important than memories of your past. Be good to yourself.

It is so hard to let go of things that once brought us joy and are filled with precious memories. It feels like we are losing the memories along with them. But that is not the case. Memories that are truly precious will never be forgotten, even if we discard an item associated with them.

What really matters is not the past but the person we have now become, thanks to those past experiences. We should use our space not for the person we once were, but for our future selves.

Your home is linked to your body.

Treat your wallet like a VIP

Store bags inside bags

Tidy to become more present