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Kids Vs Cleanliness: Queen Of Clean, Marie Kondo Says “Kind Of Given Up” On Tidying

Kids are the best and the happiest gift ever from the Almighty to any family. However, raising a child is a big responsibility from the infant stage to the adult. A small cute toddler can keep his parent engaged 24/7 with his notorious activities. A parent especially mothers have to take care of the kids as well as the house at the same time. Cleanliness is one of the most important aspects that a mother always wanted to maintain, however, she couldn’t just because of her kids. Taking notes from the same situation, the world-renowned Japanese decluttering expert Marie Konda said that she has “kind of given up” on tidying since the birth of her third child.

Konda on Kids vs Cleanliness

Marie Konda is known to be the ‘Queen of clean,’ she has admitted that with three children to look after, her family home was “messy” and tidying up was less of a priority.

Speaking to the media, the expert said, “My home is messy, but the way I am spending my time is the right way for me at this time at this stage of my life.”

She said that her life had changed significantly since the arrival of her son in 2021.

“Up until now, I was a professional tidier, so I did my best to keep my home tidy at all times,” she said.

“I have kind of given up on that, in a good way for me,” she said. “Now I realise what is important to me is enjoying spending time with my children at home.

The tidying guru, Kondo’s latest book, Marie Kondo Kurashi at Home: How to Organise Your Space and Achieve Your Ideal Life, centres on the Japanese concept of kurashi, meaning “way of life”. Since becoming a mother to three children, she said her way of life had changed and her focus had shifted from organisation to drawing on simple ways to bring happiness to everyday things.

In her book, she writes, “Tidying up means dealing with all the ‘things’ in your life.” For Kondo, this means evaluating how you order your life and creating your own rhythm based on what fills you with joy.

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Kondo’s KonMari method

In 2011, her book, ‘The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up’ outlined Kondo’s tidying method i.e. KonMari. This method encourages categorizing items, including clothes, books and sentimental items to figure out whether they “spark joy” in the owner.

Since then, she has shared the joys of organization in her two Netflix series, where she helps people “Marie Kondo” their lives by decluttering their homes.

The expert, Marie lives in California with her family. She said that she no longer puts pressure on herself to always keep her house in order. She and her husband now planned their days so they could spend as much time with their children and still get important tasks done.

“I will keep looking inward to make sure I am leading my own kurashi,” she said to the media, still cleaning but making time for the things that made her happy.

Alina Khan

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