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Early in our relationship, I was a little surprised when my wife held a pair of old socks up to her face, within pressed palms, and whispered 「ありがとうございます」before
by chadk 10y ago
Early in our relationship, I was a little surprised when my wife held a pair of old socks up to her face, within pressed palms, and whispered 「ありがとうございます」before throwing them in the trash.
This is YEARS before KonMari.
So, I think you might have something to your observations. ;-)
- chadk 10y agoSorry, I forgot to mention the concept: 物の哀れ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_no_aware https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_no_aware Oh, and as an addendum... neither I, nor my wife, have even read any of KonMari's books. We are more influenced by minimalism and the Japanese concepts of "mottainai" etc.
- chadk 10y agoFor the interested, I finally wrote up a description of one of the core concepts we use in figuring out our homebrew methodology of downsizing/minimalism: https://chadkohalyk.com/2016/07/19/danshari-thinking-about-stuff/ https://chadkohalyk.com/2016/07/19/danshari-thinking-about-s...