“I wasn’t perfect even before I had children,” the Japanese tidiness guru, who caused a stir last year when she acknowledged she had “kind of given up” on tidying, told News. I became weary. Not everything went as planned.
She is teaching aspiring KonMari consultants how to simplify their lives and “spark joy” in the process of cleaning up while in the UK for the first time in five years.
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, written by one of Japan’s most well-known celebrities, was published in 2011 and has sold over 14 million copies in over 40 countries.
Ten more books, two Netflix series, and an online homeware store have been released since she launched her own consulting business at the age of 19.
The news that she had given up cleaning made headlines all around the world. Kondo acknowledges that the magnitude of the response “surprised” her.
Kondo clarifies: Perhaps because I mentioned that I was putting my neatness on pause for a bit with the birth of my third kid, it seems like that’s the more typical situation and that people are recognizing my imperfections.
Although it was only a casual remark, I believe that at the time I realized how many others had gone through what I had—having kids and then finding themselves much more.
