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This feels like the anti-hero to Kondoesque sparks-joy cleaning.
by shakezula 4y ago
This feels like the anti-hero to Kondoesque sparks-joy cleaning.
- astrange 4y agoBtw, “sparks joy” was invented for the English translation. The Japanese was IIRC “tokimeki”, so I’d say that is a clever localization but is too specific about the kind of emotion sparked. Kondo’s Japanese books also have a lot more specific advice about trash disposal in Japan, which can be difficult, leading to hoarding because you don’t want to figure out how to do it. Japan has some high productivity systems for sure, but in things like trash and childcare they’ve instead chosen to have very complicated processes you have to get just right, and instead of improving them they just have all of society shame you if you ever get any of it wrong.
- SenHeng 4y agoI've often seen that when old houses get torn down, everything inside gets dumped into a skip that later goes to a magical place that does magical things with it. I'm quite sure similar services can also be used by the average person. You simply google for these magical words '産廃業者 $CITY'. Most* things can and will be handled by your local 'industrial waste' disposal person. Industrial here stands for non-consumer, not stuff-in-factories. * Except hazardous materials like asbestos, used paint and assorted chemicals which require another kind of disposal service that the city council can point one to.
- cbhl 4y agoEven if you follow Kondo's methodology, your late parents' things are almost certainly "sentimental items", which Kondo explicitly states to leave for last.
- lupire 4y agoBut that "last" is almost all of it, after "bulk/hazardous that I can't just toss to the curb". The rest was already gone.
- kzrdude 4y agoYeah, "death cleaning" sounds very off-putting (also in the original language).