The full title of this book is : It's All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff. Perhaps the title could use a little de-cluttering.
Peter Walsh is passionate about clutter. According to him, clutter is the symptom of almost all problems in our life, and eliminating the source of the clutter can be a big solution to helping us out. Rather than just go for means of organization, he stresses the need to look at priority and make the changes that will prevent the attachment to excess consumption and hoarding. As such, consumer product companies are likely in line to suppress this book. After all, rather than encourage getting all sorts of organization solutions, he stresses simply getting rid of the junk. Instead of attachments to things, he stresses attachment to people and thoughts.
The philosophy of the book is great. My biggest complaint was that the author seemed to be a little full of himself, and would appear to be lightly talking down to his readers (as a big brother talks down to a younger sibling.) Other than the tone, however, the ideas are sound, though would require hard work to fully implement.
Marie Kondo has strong opinions on how to tidy up. It must be done in one giant exercise. Doing things slowly is not enough. A lot of stuff will be thrown away. Storing it at mom's house will not help. Sentimental stuff has served its purpose. We do not need to hold on to stuff for memories. Instead we should be creating new memories. It is also easy to buy stuff. Don't hold on to stuff that you might need. She also has strong opinions on how to fold clothes. If it all works for you, great.
