I recently read the book "Tidying Up Makes You Happy" (in English "The Joy of Less") by minimalist Francine Jay. Although it was nothing really new for me, I found it very excitingly written with many useful examples and good explanations. I will certainly be able to use some of it with my next clients.
At the beginning of the book, the philosophy of minimalism is explained. This is followed by a chapter called Rationalisation. Among other things, it goes into the Pareto principle. This principle is also called the 80/20 rule. The principle states that with 20% of effort 80% of results can be achieved. For tidying at home, this means the following: we use only 20% of our things 80% of the time. The big pile, so 80% of our possessions, we only need 20% of the time... is crazy when you think about it and motivates you to let go of things too, right? It explains very nicely how all our possessions can be divided into 3 categories and these are the inner circle, the outer circle and the deep dump. The inner circle is basically the 20% of things we need almost every day (so 80% of the time). The outer circle and the depth dump make up the remaining 80%.
In the third part of the book, she goes through each individual room with the reader and gives concrete tips for cleaning out and creating order.
Finally, here's a super important part that got me excited and that is: How can I support and guide my family members to follow along too? Here she goes into great detail and gives useful inputs for every age group (babies, toddlers, schoolchildren, teenagers and life partners).
I can recommend the book to anyone who wants to clean out and declutter their home and/or have more order and less stress in their everyday life.
If you don't feel like reading the book or don't want to do it on your own, because it's a bit of work... no problem at all. You know what I mean.... I'm happy to support you! Once the first step has been taken, it goes by itself...
