‘I discarded my family members’ things without permission’: Tidying expert Marie Kondo reveals she ‘annoyed’ her loved ones with her ‘obsessive’ cleaning habits
She sent Australian households into organising mayhem with her KonMari method, featured in her book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.
Marie Kondo has revealed exactly what her family thought of her tidying habits when she was growing up.
The Japanese tidying consultant, 35, spoke to Stellar magazine about her ‘obsession’, which blossomed when she was just five years old.
‘Tidying has always been my passion’: Speaking to this week’s Stellar Magazine, Marie Kondo (pictured) revealed what her family REALLY thinks of her cleaning habits – and admits she can be ‘annoying’ at times
‘Tidying has always been my passion,’ Marie told the publication.
She went on to explain: ‘I think it’s safe to say that my obsession with tidying was sometimes annoying to my parents and siblings.
‘I learnt the hard way never to tidy anyone’s items but your own when I discarded my family members’ things without permission.’
Open: The Japanese tidying consultant, 35, spoke about her ‘obsession’ with tidying up, which blossomed when she was just five years old. ‘I learnt the hard way never to tidy anyone’s items but your own when I discarded my family members’ things without permission’ she said
Marie revealed she had been banned from tidying anywhere else in the house beside her own room.
Her best-selling book The Life-Changing Magic Of Tidying, published in the UK in 2014, sold 10 million copies around the world and launched a craze for blitzing our homes — and streamlining our lives — in the process.
Since then, she’s had a hit Netflix show, opened her own online shop, and moved from Japan to the U.S. to establish her consultancy business there, with a fleet of ‘KonMari’ consultants trained in her tidying method.
She spoke with Daily Mail’s Femail earlier this month, revealing how to ‘spark joy’ while working from home.
She went on to explain: ‘I think it’s safe to say that my obsession with tidying was sometimes annoying to my parents and siblings’
‘Begin by taking time to think and visualise your ideal work environment, and start your tidying work towards that ideal. I think those steps are very much similar whether you’re tidying your home or your work space,’ Marie said.
She added: ‘I think the work desk should be a place that’s for tools that you need for work. That said, you can add little flourishes and touches that spark joy for you. In my case, I always have flowers and crystals within view, things that relax me.’
Marie and her husband, Takumi Kawahara, a former HR consultant who is now CEO of their company KonMari Media, have two daughters, Satsuki, four, and Miko, three.
Read more in this week’s edition of Stellar magazine