Spark Joy: An Illustrated Guide to the Japanese Art of Tidying

worst of all, a new digital television had been plunked on top of the old analogue TV, in a bold TV-on-TV arrangement.

realized that when I start judging others, it’s usually because something in my own life needs to be put in order,

Only when you know how to choose those things that spark joy can you attain your ideal lifestyle.

Such items can be used to bundle up cables that are long and unsightly or as dust covers for household appliances when they’re not in use, such as electric fans in winter.

‘Do I really have this much stuff?!?’

By the time you finish, you’ll see something you love everywhere you look.

The process is really like a word association game. As you go along, you’ll soon find that similar things naturally end up side by side. In reality, seemingly separate categories overlap each other slightly, existing in a gradation of interconnection.

Are you enjoying your tidying festival? Or has tidying itself become your goal, making it seem like a penance so that the very thought of tidying is stressful?

Storage is really the most entertaining attraction in the tidying carnival.