I am not oblivious to the fact that when something or someone becomes famous the feeling of “discovering” that thing or person is pretty much an illusion. To say that Marie Kondo has suddenly entered my life is a bit preposterous given the fact that she has a best-selling book and Netflix series. In short, she’s entered everyone’s lives.

That said, I’m quite happy to proclaim that a series of events recently lead me to take a closer look at why she was popping up all over the place. At first, I half-jokingly said to my wife that we should watch her Netflix series. That didn’t go over so well.

It wasn’t until later, though, that I bumped into a good friend I hadn’t seen for a while (maybe even a year!) and we connected a lot on the topic of the ups and downs of our recent lives. One thing that we both landed on was having too many piles of things at home. And thus, Marie Kondo came up.

I’ve decided that even if her method can be summed up without reading her book I’d still like to do so, and therefore I’ve grabbed a copy for my Kindle and dived in tonight, after taking a well-deserved break from traversing the angular mind of the talented Ben Lerner.

Have you read Marie’s book(s)? If so, please tell me in the comments what you think!