Tidy up art full#
Tidy up art professional#

Tidy up art full#

However, these family members would not complete the full curriculum of lessons and would end up rebounding into their messy lifestyles. When I was working as a personal organization consultant, people would often request my services on behalf of a family member. When in your career did you feel most despondent, and what did you do to turn it around?

I believe that if I had kept better records, the stories of my former clients may have helped my readers even more.ĥ.

Tidy up art professional#

I have been working as a professional organization consultant since I was a student and, in my busyness, I did not think to take notes about my clients’ experiences or my lessons. I wish I had understood the importance of keeping a record of my experiences and thoughts in the form of writing or photos. At the start of your career, what do you wish you had known? What, if anything, do you wish you had not believed? There are many benefits to organizing your desk space, including increasing your efficiency by spending less time looking for the things that you need, being able to more quickly prioritize your workload, and even feeling better as a result of working in a clean environment.Ĥ. Though this idea is not exclusive to women, my suggestion would be for co-workers to tidy up their workplace together. “My suggestion would be for co-workers to tidy up their workplace together.” If you could make one change to help women at work, what would it be? Because I know what sparks joy for me, I can swiftly and confidently take action.ģ. Additionally, the decision-making skills I have gained through tidying have made me someone who knows what must be done in various situations. Then, while I was a student, I began seriously studying the art of organization, which led me to later develop my own unique method of organization. Ever since I was five years old, I have been organizing. I have been able to focus on the subject of tidying over a long time, and have almost developed an obsession over it. As a result, you develop the decision-making skills to choose what makes you feel happy and, ultimately, create a home that is truly comforting to you.Ģ. What behavior or personality trait do you most attribute to your success?

Essentially, you are forced to reflect on which kinds of things you’d like to surround yourself with. By using the “spark joy” method to tidy up, you are forced to face each belonging, and really consider if each possession is contributing to your happiness in the present. However, the number and types of items needed for individuals to feel comfortable and happy vary from person to person. For example, when tidying, others may say to themselves, “If I haven’t used this item in a year, I should get rid of it.” In tidying up, the decision to keep or discard something is based on the question “Does it spark joy?” Some may say that this is a rather emotional approach, and suggest that a quantifiable method is more effective or straightforward. What’s your big idea that other people aren’t thinking about or wouldn’t agree with? Why is it so important? In an interview with Quartz, Kondo talks about why we should value the things others can’t see, her obsessive focus, and how an organized workspace can bring people together.ġ. Since the English-language translation was published in 2014, Kondo’s organizational philosophy has exploded into a global phenomenon, so much so that her name has become a verb. Kondo published Life-Changing Magic in Japan in 2010, but it wasn’t until the devastating 2011 earthquake, when people around the country began to reexamine what was most important in their lives, that sales started to take off.