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Anonymous wrote:There are some useful tips for sure, and Marie is darling, really an appealing human being with such a kind heart and spirit.

But I'm always surprised that so far (after watching 7 episodes) I never hear anything about how donating can help others. For example Mario with the 150 pairs of shoes, many of which he'd never worn and were too small for him, but he had such a hard time letting go of them. I kept thinking, there are kids and men out there who need new shoes, if I were Marie or his wife I would have said, those shoes could be useful somewhere else, bringing joy and helping someone with less means than you, instead of just sitting here in boxes. This is one way I am able to purge my stuff: I think about whether someone else - especially someone less fortunate than I - could make better use of something than I am doing. It helps to give things up knowing that they will be used instead of sitting in my closet or in a box or cabinet. I gave a huge amount of household goods to Wider Circle using this line of thinking.

I think the beauty of Marie’s method is that it meets people where they are. Does the item spark joy in YOU? It doesn’t matter if someone else could use it better. The question is whether the item is meaningful to you.

Yes but if you are someone who needs to downsize to smaller home, or just has way too many things and are overwhelmed, yet everything seems to spark joy in you, or you can't seem to let go of things even if you never use them-- but that's a problem in terms of storage and organization and just sheer space in your home--thinking of the items having a usefulness somewhere else could be a way of helping yourself let go of them.

I mean, I like how she tells you to thank items when you let them go - that is also a way she is gently nudging people to give up stuff they really don't need. It just seems like realizing things you value could continue to be valuable by being useful elsewhere is a way of nudging people to give up stuff to make their lives more manageable. It also instills a sense of gratitude that I think MK is trying to do: you are grateful for having had that item, you are grateful that item can have an afterlife elsewhere that makes life better for someone else (and it wouldn't be doing that if it sat in your closet just because you think it is meangiful even though you don't use it).

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Anonymous wrote:There are some useful tips for sure, and Marie is darling, really an appealing human being with such a kind heart and spirit.

But I'm always surprised that so far (after watching 7 episodes) I never hear anything about how donating can help others. For example Mario with the 150 pairs of shoes, many of which he'd never worn and were too small for him, but he had such a hard time letting go of them. I kept thinking, there are kids and men out there who need new shoes, if I were Marie or his wife I would have said, those shoes could be useful somewhere else, bringing joy and helping someone with less means than you, instead of just sitting here in boxes. This is one way I am able to purge my stuff: I think about whether someone else - especially someone less fortunate than I - could make better use of something than I am doing. It helps to give things up knowing that they will be used instead of sitting in my closet or in a box or cabinet. I gave a huge amount of household goods to Wider Circle using this line of thinking.

I think the beauty of Marie’s method is that it meets people where they are. Does the item spark joy in YOU? It doesn’t matter if someone else could use it better. The question is whether the item is meaningful to you.

Anonymous wrote:There are some useful tips for sure, and Marie is darling, really an appealing human being with such a kind heart and spirit.

But I'm always surprised that so far (after watching 7 episodes) I never hear anything about how donating can help others. For example Mario with the 150 pairs of shoes, many of which he'd never worn and were too small for him, but he had such a hard time letting go of them. I kept thinking, there are kids and men out there who need new shoes, if I were Marie or his wife I would have said, those shoes could be useful somewhere else, bringing joy and helping someone with less means than you, instead of just sitting here in boxes. This is one way I am able to purge my stuff: I think about whether someone else - especially someone less fortunate than I - could make better use of something than I am doing. It helps to give things up knowing that they will be used instead of sitting in my closet or in a box or cabinet. I gave a huge amount of household goods to Wider Circle using this line of thinking.

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Anonymous wrote:Does she talk about Paper and how to deal with it? Also sentimental items? I watched the first show and she didn’t talk about these much.

She does go into them some, but not nearly as much as clothing. I wish they talked more about paper and other media. Maybe season 2!

I'm a PP who did my closet last weekend and then today I had my kids go through there clothes and we folded them. They were very excited about the results. (10 and 8 yo's)

Anonymous wrote:Does she talk about Paper and how to deal with it? Also sentimental items? I watched the first show and she didn’t talk about these much.

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Anonymous wrote:+1 to the pp about the piling being so helpful. So is the vertical folding tbh and the tiny boxes.

I like the show, it’s like Hoarders Light. I prefer the episodes where I like the people. The Friends were stressful to watch.

I do kind of wish the reveals were better and I wish they gave them some decorating magic - it’s a let down when there’s still clearly much more stuff than the house will hold and dinky little storage furniture is everywhere.

Marie herself is a magic elf and she freaks me out.

Bottom line, this show would be a 10 if it had Nicey Nash.

Dude! If Niecy Nash accompanied her as a translator. GOLD! This needs to happen

Anonymous wrote:+1 to the pp about the piling being so helpful. So is the vertical folding tbh and the tiny boxes.

I like the show, it’s like Hoarders Light. I prefer the episodes where I like the people. The Friends were stressful to watch.

I do kind of wish the reveals were better and I wish they gave them some decorating magic - it’s a let down when there’s still clearly much more stuff than the house will hold and dinky little storage furniture is everywhere.

Marie herself is a magic elf and she freaks me out.

Bottom line, this show would be a 10 if it had Nicey Nash.