Bathroom Minimalism

A blog post by Albert Semple

22 Mar 2022

Marie Kondo is a Japanese organising consultant and author, whose 2011 book, "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up" described the "KonMari" method of tidying up.

This involves pulling together your belongings in one place, one category at a time. Once gathered, you keep only items that "spark joy" discarding anything that does not "spark joy".

This became very fashionable, and her name became used as a verb: to Marie-Kondo something was to (brutally) tidy and organise it.

She's finished Marie Kondo,  now the bathroom's getting cleared. She's found redundant products  from before I had a beard. She's opened up the cabinet  that is my source of shame. The candidates for throwing out  are more than I can name: The grubby tub of Vaseline; The empty tube of steroid cream; The toothbrush that should be retired; The 'brufen that has long expired; The dental floss I never used; The sleeping pills I once abused. I'm all in favour, go for it.  Be brutal, don't be coy. But don't throw out my Prozac —  they're the ones that spark my joy.
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