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Almost none of the stuff people have sparks joy but it is often useful and effective for solving their problems, its just weird advice to me - my comb doesn't s
by hobs 5y ago
Almost none of the stuff people have sparks joy but it is often useful and effective for solving their problems, its just weird advice to me - my comb doesn't spark joy - should I throw it away or spend a long time finding a new "joy sparking comb"?
Objects don't have to be imbued with special meaning all the time.
- LiquidSky 5y agoThe "sparks joy" part gets the most attention, but if you read her actual writing her advice is keeping things that are useful OR "sparks joy". That is, she's just saying to really think about your stuff and consider whether it's actually either useful to you or something you like. If it's neither, then consider whether you really need it.
- sjtindell 5y agoShe is just saying that not all things need to be functional. It’s okay to keep something you never “use” if it makes you happy.
- jdavis703 5y agoTo be reductionist, the only items in my house that spark joy are alcohol and maybe one or two pills. But to be fair, consider a form of mindfulness called negative visualization. In other words how would you feel if you lose everything (say in a fire). If you had no comb, and your hair were a tangled mess would you feel the opposite of joy? Likewise there’s almost certainly stuff you wouldn’t replace if your house burned down. Maybe you bought a blender or weights for a long forgotten New Years resolution that’s now gathering dust. That’s what Kondo wants you to discard.