Marie Kondo Is Wrong

Execupundit.com: The Kondo Temptation. If I have taught you anything, grasshopper, it is that control in this world is not possible. Michael Wade has it right. Marie Kondo and her army of neat freaks seem to think that they will be happier if they organize their physical world into a minimalist version of an all white room in which nothing is out of place, lying on the floor, or hidden under a pile of paper. The human need for control is one of the biggest killers of time and happiness I can think of. We marry someone ten years younger in a vain attempt to control who dies first. Then, they die. We spend decades at a job we hate, because it is expected, and we fear what will happen if we leave. Then, we die. If fate is anything, it is unpredictable. So, Michael, I disagree with Marie Kondo; but, I also disagree with your compromise position, that balance is necessary or desirable. Life is messy. Don't clean it up. Go with the flow. You will be happier.