Nagisa Tatsumi

This was a really interesting read. I can see how Marie Kondo got inspiration from it. I can also see why it didn't take off like the KonMarie method did. This book is pretty cold when it comes to the emotional value we put on things, whereas the KonMarie method acknowledges the emotions we put in things and makes the discarding process a little easier on the heart.

That being said, I think this book has three big advantages over the KonMarie method.

1) It talks at length about wastefulness and its associated guilt, how we came to feeling guilty about waste, and how we came to be so wasteful. It is a really cool section that pulls in history, marketing, production, and recession era methods on making things last.

2) It also talks about how lack of space and organizational tools are often used as excuses to why we feel cluttered, but in actuality, our inability to discard is the issue. This point in particular was really eye opening for me because I have a friend who always complained about never having enough space, and she would be able to do x, y, and z once she moved into a bigger space. But every time she moved into a bigger space, it was still never enough. Reading that section about lack of space being an excuse really opened my eyes to her true situation - she never discarded, even when she moved. She just kept accumulating until every corner was bursting with stuff she would often forget about.

3) It talks, at LENGTH, about how Tatsumi defines "discarding," and the different ways one can discard an object: Recycling, donation, passing it on, selling it, etc., with throwing things in the trash bin being a last resort. She also talks about HOW you can do these things, which is really valuable information if you don't know who to contact or how to get started with alternative discarding methods.

Overall, I think this is a good read, but I would not have gotten as much out of it if I had not already read the KonMarie method books. I think that this book is an excellent supplement to the KonMarie books and they should be read together because they complement each other so well, and one fills in where the other might be lacking.… (mer)

CÓMO CONSEGUIR QUE LOS NIÑOS ORDENEN Y DISFRUTEN CON ELLO A partir de los dos años, los niños empiezan a preguntarse qué querrán decir palabras como «ordenar» y «recoger», que tantas veces oyen decir a sus padres en frases como «Vamos a ordenar antes de comer», «La habitación está hecha un desastre. ¿Recogemos?». A los pequeños les resulta mucho más atractivo sacar juguetes o jugar con sus coches favoritos formando una larga pista en el pasillo. Guardarlos después en su sitio no resulta tan divertido ni tan sencillo. Cuando a un niño no se le ha enseñado aún a ordenar, no se trata de que no puede sino de que no sabe cómo hacerlo. Por ello, debemos enseñarles, y el mejor método es ir paso a paso. Este libro habla de «ordenar» y muestra técnicas concretas adaptadas a diferentes edades. También explica por qué ordenar es algo que ayuda a que nuestros hijos desarrollen distintas capacidades, pues les proporciona herramientas para vivir una vida plena y feliz en sociedad.… (mer)