The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying

A Simple, Effective Way to Banish Clutter Forever

By: Marie Kondo

Narrated by: Lucy Scott

Brought to you by Penguin

Live in a clean and clutter-free home forever with the life-changing KonMari Method - now a multi-million copy international bestseller

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 only need 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 read this compelling book.

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Critic reviews

Its strength is its simplicity. (Richard Lloyd Parry)

All hail the new decluttering queen Marie Kondo, whose mess-busting bestseller has prompted a craze for tidying in homes across the world ... one proper clear out is all you need for the rest of your life.

Do I love it? If not, chuck it. Marie Kondo promises that by following her KonMari Method I will be a neatnik, forever ... I decide The Life-changing Magic of Tidying will become my bible. (Brigid Moss)

[It is] enough to salute Kondo for her recognition of something quietly profound: that mess is often about unhappiness, and that the right kind of tidying can be a kind of psychotherapy for the home as well as for the people in it.

The tidiness regimen prescribed by Japanese author Marie Kondo is a great idea. It’s so great that maybe we need to expand its reach

A must read in life

This book changed our life even tho my husband is suffering the process and I’m enjoying every minute of it. The voice is so soothing that goes perfect with the feeling the book transmit

I love Marie, I perfected spark joy

I like to listen to her personal travels to become the tidying goddess.

I perfected spark joy if I have to choose.
So if you want to start tidying I advice her second book

This is a great extra

Love it

I have listened to it like 3 times now and is amazing, completely in love.

Better than I expected

Very useful insights, very practical tips, easy to read and better than I expected.

I really liked the philosophy behind this book. I totally recommend it!

An eye opening revelation of tidying

The book surpassed my expectations. What I thought would be an account and guide of how to tidy up material objects, turned out to be an incredible revelation of why sometimes we seek to tidy up and why we can't manage to keep our things tidied up. The truth of the psychological and spiritual factors reflecting themselves in how we organize our things and lives is crucial before a journey of tidying up. As Marie Kondo says: " ...our true lives start after we tidy..." What an amazing read!