The Netflix original series Tiding Up with Marie Kondo premiered on January 1, and people have been tidying up their homes since. Kondo’s method of tidying through finding sparks of joy was famed through her book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, which was released in English in 2014. The show has found a broader audience and people are into the gentle approach Kondo takes to clean up your messy, organized home. People are obsessed with finding out if their belongings truly spark joy and throwing their things out.
There’s a lot of photos of people Kondo-ing their homes on social sites.
Hello, I watched one episode of Marie Kondo on Netflix pic.twitter.com/YNwJZBsLau
— Hrishikesh Hirway (@HrishiHirway) January 9, 2019
https://twitter.com/_louisemargaret/status/1083322390929502209
I Marie Kondo’d my sock drawer. Is this what invincibility feels like? pic.twitter.com/bJIKmIpkPy
— DJ Judd (@DJJudd) January 10, 2019
Literally everyone: watches Marie Kondo on @netflix once pic.twitter.com/5aZq0h0aXI
— Julia Zhou⁷ discourse lurker (@semiovular) January 2, 2019
Others are poking fun at the method of asking if your belongings “spark joy” through memes.
Marie Kondo: get rid of anything that doesn’t spark joy
— Yinrun’s celebrity big wig (@RhyLoosh) January 9, 2019
Me: pic.twitter.com/hFnP5iGhVv
marie kondo, gesturing to the nhl: does this spark joy?
— “he’s a libra moon 😭” (@byulzgalov) January 9, 2019
me: pic.twitter.com/HZG5PGF5SO
https://twitter.com/keinesasih/status/1083238830159814656
before you tweet, consider: does this take spark joy
— wife of the mind (@andrealongchu) January 9, 2019
*He* did not spark joy pic.twitter.com/D745STnsux
— Damien Kempf (@DamienKempf) January 10, 2019
If an email does not spark joy, delete it
— James Hamblin (@jameshamblin) January 7, 2019
I now need to go organize my entire home.
