Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I've never really purged my belongings in my life. I've had professional organizers come in and try to help me...but I've been reluctant to throw away papers, clothes, and books. I've always been a bit bewildered by the people who know how to sort things out; knowing what to keep and what to give away. I felt that I never had the organizing gene and so would forever live with documents from childhood, as well as old plates that were given by friends. I struggled with the clothes gifted by my parents, knowing that my taste was different, but that I couldn't really get rid of their gifts. Well, after reading through this book, my life has truly changed. I've started to sort out my entire life...one day at a time, category by category. Day 1: I sorted out my clothes, keeping only the clothes that bring me joy. It took an entire day and 6 black bags later, my wardrobe suddenly took up half the space. Day 2: I folded my clothes in the KonMari style (with help from Marie Kondo's YouTube videos) and was flabbergasted at how beautiful my drawers looked, and how easy it was. Day 3: I tackled my books and whittled down 3 bookshelves to 1 bookshelf. My son got involved and managed to whittle down his entire room in no time (he's so much less emotionally attached than I am to my belongings) Day 4: I tackled the first of 40+ boxes of documents...and the first thing to go was all my notes from business school and random courses that I'd taken. What a joy to be rid of all those notes which I felt that I would need for sure for work. I now realize that google/friends will come to my rescue if I really need those notes, but also, that I learned what I was meant to learn during those classes. Day 4+: I'm still working on all the documents but I took a break to paint furniture, detail my car, get my will signed, and teach my son to fold (and amazingly he enjoyed seeing all his clothes stand up once folded). And I did subcategory tidying up every day. It's now been about a week since I received my book and I'm amazed at how far I've come. I've always procrastinated with these organizing tasks, but once I started to get organized, I found a new lease on life. I want to properly take care of my belongings and myself. It's incredibly liberating to give 20+ trash bags of my life to Goodwill and start anew. I highly recommend not just reading this book, but starting with just one category (or subcategory) of tidying. It's truly remarkable what has opened up for me by reading and implementing the methods of this book. Good luck!