I read Ms. Kondo&#x27;s book out of curiosity about a month ago. If you&#x27;re just looking for some new tidying ideas&#x2F;tips, don&#x27;t bother with the book - it&#x27;s written in more of a self-help style that regurgitates the same simple points ad nauseum.<p>There are really only a few practical tips in the book:<p>- Don&#x27;t be afraid to do a big purge. Your stuff is just that, stuff.<p>- Do the big purge all at once. &quot;Ongoing&quot; tidiness should simply be putting your stuff away, not constantly revisiting different parts of your home looking for stuff you can throw away.<p>- Look up &quot;konmari folding&quot; on YouTube for a new idea about how to fold and store your clothes. For those who are already fairly tidy, this is the only real &quot;new&quot; idea in the book that may interest you.<p>- Be affluent enough to have these problems in the first place. None of the advice is for people who are simply slobs, it&#x27;s for people who have accumulated too much stuff and who feel it dragging down their life.