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  • The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying

  • A Simple, Effective Way to Banish Clutter Forever
  • By: Marie Kondo
  • Narrated by: Lucy Scott
  • Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (976 ratings)

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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying

By: Marie Kondo
Narrated by: Lucy Scott
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Live in a clean and clutter-free home forever with the life-changing KonMari Method - now a multi-million copy international best seller.

Transform your home into a permanently clear and clutter-free space with the incredible KonMari Method. Japan's expert declutterer and professional cleaner Marie Kondo will help you tidy your rooms once and for all with her inspirational step-by-step method. 

The key to successful tidying is to tackle your home in the correct order, to keep only the things you really love and to do it all at once - and quickly. After that for the rest of your life you need only to choose what to keep and what to discard. 

The KonMari Method will not just transform your space. Once you have your house in order, you will find that your whole life will change. You can feel more confident, you can become more successful, and you can have the energy and motivation to create the life you want. You will also have the courage to move on from the negative aspects of your life: you can recognise and finish a bad relationship; you can stop feeling anxious; you can finally lose weight. 

Marie Kondo's method is based on a 'once cleaned, never messy again' approach. If you think that such a thing is impossible, then you should definitely listen to this compelling audiobook. 

©2016 Marie Kondo (P)2016 Random House AudioBooks

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loved every word!

i loved reading this book.. and i started tidying immediately still going actually! threw out so much already 14 bags

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Awesome

Loved it. The narrator was lovely and very pleasant to listen to. I feel inspired about beginning my journey.

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Great but physical book would be better

I really enjoyed this book but I think it would be much better in physical format where you could highlight sections and you put the lessons into actions. With the audio version I'm going to need to listen again and write out notes. Perhaps there needs to be an accompanying pdf with the audio book with the basic "to do list"?

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Almost made it to the end.

Struggled to finish.
Became too much when items of clothing were given emotions and feelings.

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Underwhelming

After a lot of praise from others I gave this a listen and found it painfully basic. It continuously plagued on and on of rather cliche terms. I'm not certain what I intended to find in this book but I was left very unimpressed.

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Interesting read

This was an interesting read, some out there ideas but a lot of it made sense. I am currently putting her ideas and recommendations into use, so far so god!

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Beautiful!

I totally enjoyed this book and would highly recommend it. The readers voice was easy to listen to. The ideas were clearly explained.

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Get the garbage bags ready!

I listened to it multiple times while I decluttered my home. I got far more done in a few hours then I had in the previous three weeks!

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Useful insight on the essencial act of tidying

Marie Kondo speaks openly of her experience of tidying throughout her life - how her early mistakes turned into achievements thanks to her strive to be better at the thing she loves doing so much -- tidying. Furthermore, she is invested in helping other people achieve the same satisfaction in finding which of our belongings brings us most joy, easily translating into a broader insight on our life. I truly recommend this reading to anyone who is searching for a purpose, whatever it may be.

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Konmarie Magic

A delightful audiobook, excellently narrated. I really enjoyed it and have begun implementing the Konmarie method.

Quite cute how she gives inanimate objects a personality and really believes they have feelings and respond. A bit too much for this realist to deal with in some parts but it did illicit the odd smile which made up for it.

Great advice regarding the approach to getting your house in order. I think I’ll be using the term ‘spark joy’ forever.

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