On the heels of a year where people spent more time than ever at home, around their things, it's an attitude that resonates more than ever. "What I’ve learned through my work is that objects are not just objects, but companions," she says in a scene from the second episode. It's an attitude that's reflected throughout the organizing maven's latest endeavor, Sparking Joy, a Netflix original debuting next week, which also offers a peek into Kondo's own life at home with her husband and daughter. As Kondo sees it though, this couldn't be further from the truth: "The end goal of tidying," she tells House Beautiful, is not to create a minimalist interior, but rather "to learn how to cherish each thing in your life." She's also earned somewhat of a reputation-especially among avowed maximalists of which I, admittedly, am one-as a no-nonsense enemy of the inessential, set on ridding homes of all clutter, yes, but also any ornamentation. In the 10 years since her breakout book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Kondo has skyrocketed to international fame with a Netflix series, collection for The Container Store, and two subsequent books. If there's one misunderstanding Marie Kondo would like to dispel, it's the notion that she wants you to throw away all of your stuff.
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