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This book is ridiculous. That is my honest opinion of it overall. She makes 2 excellent points, and I truly do appreciate those. 1. It's not about storage. You have plenty of storage; you have too much stuff. That's why your place is cluttered. Too much stuff, not too little (or not clever enough) storage. This is true of almost everyone I've ever known. So do, by all means, get ruthless about getting rid of your stuff. 2. Don't keep things that "don't spark joy." In general, when it comes to clothes, books, entertainment items, furniture, or whatever, I can get on board with this. Why have things you don't truly enjoy? Where she fails in this point is that she makes no exceptions for things like medicine, documents (she does discuss documents very perfunctorily, but not to satisfaction IMO), school or work supplies, etc. I will also give her credit for really making a case for being grateful for your belongings, and taking good care of them. However, there are MAJOR problems with this book. First of all, she has unrealistically high expectations. For example, in order to truly sort through your things you MUST gather each and every piece of clothing in your entire house and throw them all on the floor. This must be done in one fell swoop or you fail. Same for books, toys, any items that you own. No one that I know has the inclination or the time to do this all at once. That is not my main problem with this book, though. My main problem is that the author is absolutely bonkers. She anthropomorphizes EVERY INANIMATE OBJECT in the home. She insists that you must give your socks room to breathe after they have had a hard day's work on your feet (after thanking them kindly for their service, of course.) She also believes that your bag should be emptied at the end of each day, not because that is the best way to keep clutter out of your bag, but because your bag has worked hard all day and deserves a break. Give me a break. Needless to say, this book did not "spark joy." I consider it a waste of time, with the exception of the first 2 points if you are not already aware of those.