"My house is a mess, but I spend my time in the right way for this stage of my life."
Marie Kondo (photo: screenshot, Instagram)
Marie Kondo, the Japanese priestess of order and organization, whose 'Kun-Mari' method of sorting, folding and storing every detail in our lives took the whole world by storm a few years ago, frankly admitted at the end of the week that she too has run out of energy to tidy up after her children.
The reason for Kondo's identity crisis?
She may sound familiar to you: she had a third child.
In April 2021, 38-year-old Kondo and her husband Takumi Kawahara gave birth to a third child, a brother to their two daughters Satsuki and Miko.
The expansion of the family unit, Kondo says, made her let go of the preoccupation with order and put up with the hustle and bustle.
"My house is a mess, but I spend my time in the right way for this stage of my life," Kondo said in an interview with The Washington Post.
"Until recently, I was a professional tidyer, so I did my best to keep my house as tidy as possible at any given moment. But I kind of gave it up, in a good way. I understand that what's important to me right now is enjoying my time with the children at home," Kondo said in an interview.
Kondo left Japan a few years ago following her brief global success, and moved to California with her family.
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. Kurashi) which is actually a whole way of life in which are folded (see what we did here?) principles for maintaining order at home.
Today, as a mother of three young children, Kondo has realized that mess is her new way of life, at least for the foreseeable future.
The Cone-Marie method is based on dividing the items of each of us into predefined categories (clothing, books, stationery, miscellaneous and sentimental items).
In the second stage, the person is required to examine each item by himself and ask himself if it is a "spark joy" for him - which has become the expression most associated with Kondo.
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