

Our house is still full of the things we love most-we’ve kept most of our books and records and art and childrens’ toys-but we found we were able to rid it of many, many minivan sized loads of stuff we’d accumulated. I have always kind of enjoyed clutter, so I never realized how much I’d appreciate not having so much of it-kind of like how I’ve always enjoyed doing the dishes, and didn’t realize how much I’d enjoy not doing them until we got a dishwasher.

People love to hate, and they will, but my wife and I have been slowly and deliberately working our way through her process for the past few months, and I can’t tell you how often it feels as if a burden has been lifted when we finish one section or another. Marie Kondo’s Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up is all the rage once again, thanks to her new Netflix show. Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World by Cal Newport, Portfolio, 304 pages, Hardcover, February 2019, ISBN 9780525536512
