How To Live A Proper Life Essay

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Tidy Up:Self-help from Physically to Mentally The popularity of Marie Kendo’s book which as sold 2 million copies worldwide, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, shows people how to live a proper life. In the book, the author gives a definition to living a proper life, according to the author, a proper life should spark joy. I personally think there are tremendous ways to sparking joy. For instance, making more money or receiving a valuable present or spending quality time with my loved ones, there are many other ways to spark joy. In general, many would have the same thoughts as me to living a proper life however, in the book the author gives an opposite opinion of what living a proper life is like. She tries to tell people that tidying …show more content…

Where items that does not spark joy in you, she would advise you that instead of throwing them away, you could donate them to charity. When Ms. Kondo book arrived in U.S. there was a increase in donation of clothes and household items. There was a 22% increase in the greater New York area based on the Goodwill Industries International statement. Through her book, she offers a philosophy for people struggling with letting all that stuffs that does not spark joy go. Through this paragraph I feel that what Ms. Kondo is trying to achieve is not just aiming to let go of stuffs by just tidying, her main point is letting go of the items that does not spark joy in you, to charity. By doing so you might be able to make yourself find joy in doing something good. After decades, people begin to recognise this problem. we are unable to achieve continuous joy just by getting more things. Therefore people begin to ask for the joy of mind, because after tidying up, rooms become tidy and clean, thus for the tidies, they have to face the inside of themselves. They are forced to find the problems that they avoid of no matter how tricky the problems are. This will lead a huge change and adjustment of

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