Love, success and juice cleanses can wait, apparently.
Decluttering — as embodied in the quirky Japanese import The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up — is the self-help topic that’s burning up the best-seller lists.
And while cleaning consultant Marie Kondo’s minimalist manifesto is a phenomenon unto itself, with Twitter testimonials (#tidying, #konmari) and hundreds of YouTube videos, it’s also part of a broader societal cleaning spree.
Your friends and neighbors are accepting the 40 Bags in 40 Days clutter-removal challenge, listening to TreeHugger.com founder Graham Hill’s TED Talk (“Less Stuff, More Happiness,” with 2.8 million views and counting), posting photos of vanquished junk on Instagram, and snapping up popular get-rid-of-it guides targeting dieters (Lose the Clutter, Lose the Weight: The Six-Week Total-Life Slim Down), minimalists (The Joy of Less) and Christians (Clutter Free: Quick and Easy Steps to Simplifying Your Space).
See what all the fuss is about in Saturday’s HomeStyle.