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Marie Kondo and Neurodivergent Space

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Marie Kondo and Neurodivergent Space

Part 1 - or, why the KonMari method is more neurodivergent than it looks.

Ada Hoffmann
May 10, 2022
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Marie Kondo and Neurodivergent Space

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I've been meaning to write more about animism, and I’ve been wanting to write about Marie Kondo. It's tricky because many miles of ink have already been spilled about Kondo. A subtle animism is central to the KonMari method - holding objects, thanking them, feeling their energy. This should be no surprise since Kondo herself is formerly a Shinto shrine maiden. But I'm not Japanese and there's a limited amount I can intelligently say about that.

What I do want to talk about is how the KonMari method appeals to a subset of neurodivergent people, specifically.

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