The Art of Discarding
How to Get Rid of Clutter and Find Joy
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The original Japanese edition of The Art of Discarding, titled Suteru! Gijutsu, was published in 2000 and became an overnight sensation - selling a million copies in six months and inspiring a young Marie Kondo. The book has since become a multimillion-copy international bestseller, but it has never been translated into English, until now. In this guide to living a calmer, more ordered life, renowned author Nagisa Tatsumi teaches us how letting go of unwanted things will transform our day-to-day happiness. The book offers practical advice and techniques to help readers learn to let go of stuff that is holding them back, as well as tips for acquiring less in the first place. It's time to live with less.
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I saw this book mentioned in The Lifechanging Magic of Tidying Up and decided to give it a go. It was decent, but after reading the aforementioned book, I didn't gain anything new from it.
I also found it difficult to relate to the author. Her approach was less flexible than Marie Kondo's, and rarely accounted for different lifestyles and needs. It felt like a set of hard-and-fast rules rather than a lifestyle guideline.
