# The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up

## Metadata
- Author: [[Marie Kondo]]
- Full Title: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
- Category: #books
## Highlights
- Have you ever tidied madly, only to find that all too soon your home or workspace is cluttered again? If so, let me share with you the secret of success. Start by discarding. Then organize your space, thoroughly, completely, in one go. If you adopt this approach—the KonMari Method—you’ll never revert to clutter again. ([Location 119](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KK0PICK&location=119))
- when you put your house in order, you put your affairs and your past in order, too. As a result, you can see quite clearly what you need in life and what you don’t, and what you should and shouldn’t do. ([Location 153](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KK0PICK&location=153))
- They are surrounded only by the things they love. ([Location 164](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KK0PICK&location=164))
- A short time after tidying, their space is a disorganized mess. The cause is not lack of skills but rather lack of awareness and the inability to make tidying a regular habit. ([Location 167](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KK0PICK&location=167))
- a person’s awareness and perspective on his or her own lifestyle are far more important than any skill at sorting, storing, or whatever. Order is dependent on the extremely personal values of what a person wants to live with. ([Location 177](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KK0PICK&location=177))
- When you’ve finished putting your house in order, your life will change dramatically. Once you have experienced what it’s like to have a truly ordered house, you’ll feel your whole world brighten. ([Location 189](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KK0PICK&location=189))
- This is what I call the magic of tidying. And the effects are stupendous. Not only will you never be messy again, but you’ll also get a new start on life. This is the magic I want to share with as many people as possible. ([Location 191](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KK0PICK&location=191))
- People cannot change their habits without first changing their way of thinking. ([Location 255](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KK0PICK&location=255))
- The ultimate secret of success is this: If you tidy up in one shot, rather than little by little, you can dramatically change your mind-set. ([Location 269](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00KK0PICK&location=269))