The ancients said: If you don't sweep a house, how can you sweep the world? It means that only by accumulating small things can great things be achieved.
When it comes to cleaning up the room, some people will think that it is a housewife's job, while others will associate it with "breaking up". In their view, breaking up is throwing away, throwing away all unwanted things, which is breaking up. In fact, cleaning the room is not the patent of anyone, and throwing things is not the essence of breaking up. What is the essence of breaking up? The answer lies in the book The Sorting Magic of Thrilling Life.
The sorting magic of heartbeat life is the representative work of Ricoh Kondo in Japan. This is a book about classification and storage. It has been translated into 30 languages, sold more than 2 million copies around the world and made into a TV series of the same name. Through it, we can understand the true meaning of life, let go of the past and embrace a better life.
Mary has been interested in sorting and storing since she was five years old. 19 years old, she set up a renovation consulting company to provide customers with the service of renovating rooms and office environment. The sorting and storage method in The Sorting Magic of Soul-stirring Life is her comprehensive research result for many years. Under the influence of Mary, the Japan Heartbeat Cleaning Association was established on October 20-0/4. In 20 15, 29-year-old Mary was named "100 the most influential person in the world" by Time magazine, along with other celebrities such as Obama, Putin and Cook. Mary told reporters that her biggest dream is to organize the world.
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In life, there are always people who love to hoard all kinds of things, such as toilet paper, beverage bottles and old clothes. Why do people have hoarding addiction? Psychologists believe that hoarding mainly stems from people's inner sense of scarcity, and the stronger the sense of scarcity, the stronger the possessiveness.
Like many people, Mary was a hoarder when she was a child, and her room was full of all kinds of goods. When she was in middle school, she happened to read The Art of Abandonment. The idea discarded in the book shocked her greatly. After returning home, she immediately cleaned up according to the method in the book and worked for several hours, from a room less than three square meters to eight bags of garbage. After finishing, Mary was lost in thought. She was surprised to find that this finishing technique was amazing! Before and after the room was cleaned, it was completely different. By tidying up the room, her heart is also much more transparent. From that moment on, Mary made up her mind to get ahead in tidying up the room.
After years of research and practice, Mary introduced a unique classification and storage method. The key to this storage method is to act forcefully, to finish it in one breath, and not to rest in the middle. Why can't you rest? There is a simple reason. Everyone is lazy. Once we stop, it means that we don't know when the rest of the work will be finished. In that case, the dramatic effect of refreshing the room will never be achieved. If there is no dramatic effect, we can't feel the great changes before and after the room is cleaned, so we can't feel shocked. Imagine that it takes an hour to clean the house and a week to clean the house, which will definitely bring different mental shocks to people. Therefore, Mary stressed that it should be done in one breath.
Action is the cure for procrastination. No matter how difficult life is, as long as you act first, you will solve half the difficulties. Similarly, if you want to make your living environment comfortable, do it, finish it in one breath, and rest after it is completely finished. Only in this way can we achieve good results.
Stay in awe of everything.
Mary believes that everything is animistic and we should fear everything. Therefore, Mary's reception style emphasizes the sense of ceremony. Every time she goes to a client's house, she wears a formal suit. The first thing she did when she came in was to introduce herself to the room. She said that only in this way can she get familiar with the room as soon as possible, and the smell of the room will tell her where to start tidying up.
Mary's storage method is divided into four steps: positioning, sorting, throwing away and storing. The first step in combing is to find the right position, which means that you must first figure out what kind of life you want. If you don't understand this matter, you can't do a good job of sorting out.
Miss S, 30, told Mary that her wish was that the floor was clean, the sheets were pink and the lights were retro. After coming home from work, she can do yoga while listening to music and fall asleep in a comfortable atmosphere. In fact, in her three-square-meter home, the wardrobe door is almost closed, the drawers are full, and the beds on the ground are full of sundries. Before going to bed, she should push the sundries on the bed to the ground, and then pick them up after getting up, so as to find the way out to work. Under Mary's hands-on instruction, Miss S developed a good habit of tidying up and finally lived an ideal life.
The second step is classification, and the principle of classification is to classify according to the category of goods. Most people put things according to local categories, such as cleaning up the living room first and then cleaning up the kitchen. In Marie's view, this method will not only increase the workload, but also can't cure the messy room. It is wise to organize by category. Put all the items together first, and then classify them, such as a pile of clothes and a pile of daily necessities.
In the classification, Marie suggested that we should touch everything carefully with our hands, awaken the emotional connection between you and the items through touching, and finally leave only those items that make you move. As for those items that have no feelings, no matter how new and expensive, they should be thrown away at once. Heartbeat is the only criterion for leaving things.
Step three, throw it away. Everyone has greed, and greed makes people like the new and hate the old. Old events can often arouse people's memories of past lives. For example, an old mobile phone may bring back many good memories. Throwing things is to teach us to let go of the past.
Mary said, don't underestimate throwing things, throwing things also has college questions. The correct posture of throwing things is: throw clothes first, then throw books and documents, and finally throw souvenirs. It will be efficient to throw them in this order. She also warned to avoid family members when throwing things, so as not to give up all previous efforts. Miss M's room was full of old clothes, and Mary and she worked out 15 bags of sundries at one go. Just as they were about to throw it, Miss M's mother broke into the room and took out a yoga mat from her bag. In fact, this mother never does yoga. That's why Marie stressed that throwing things must avoid family members.
Most people don't want to throw gifts, but Mary thinks that gifts are essentially a kind of information. The moment we received the gift, we were moved, and the other party's mind arrived. At this time, the gift can be thrown away after completing the task. Xunzi, a great thinker, said, "If you don't serve, you won't hurt.". In other words, people will never be harmed by material unless they are slaves to it. Mary's idea coincides with Xunzi's words. .
The last step is storage. The principle of storage is from simplicity to minimalism. Minimalism here means that things are quickly put back in place after use, forming a virtuous circle. If you master this trick, the room will always be clean and tidy.
Clothes can be stored in two ways: hanging and folding. Marie likes to fold her storage because it saves more space. Only ten clothes can be hung in the same space, but twenty clothes can be folded. The basic principle of folding storage is vertical placement. Mary thinks that every dress has a "golden point". The so-called golden section point refers to the most suitable way to fold a dress. Of course, hanging storage also has its advantages. Jackets, suits and skirts are all suitable for hanging and storage. When hanging clothes, hang long dark clothes on the left and short light clothes on the right. In addition, when storing socks, don't roll them into a ball, because the mouth of socks will be deformed and the life of socks will be shortened. The correct way is to fold them up.
Marie also suggested that clothes should be aired frequently to make them feel the warmth of the sun, so as to serve you better. The horse's storage method tells us that respecting things means respecting ourselves.
The essence of sorting and receiving is to teach us to take life seriously.
Mary's intensive course is so popular that she can only register successfully if she makes an appointment six months in advance. Everyone who has taken this course is full of praise for it. After class, some people regained their childhood dreams and resigned to start a business; Someone resolutely divorced her husband and rushed to a new life; Other people's worksheets have been greatly improved, and they have been rewarded by their bosses.
Why does Mary's course change the fate of many people? The reason is that Mary's finishing class is not a simple finishing class, but a philosophy of life class. It contains three contents: reflect on the past, change yourself and live in the present.
The first is to reflect on the past. In the book, Mary mentioned several times her self-reflection when she helped her clients organize things. While sorting out Miss K's clothes, Marie found that she loved to wear casual clothes, but there were a bunch of tight skirts in the closet. Miss K told Mary that all the tight skirts were forced on her by her sister and she didn't like them at all. Mary is therefore associated with herself. When she was a child, she would force her unwanted clothes on her sister. And every time, my sister would say, "OK, I'll take it." As an adult, Mary kept reflecting, only to realize that her sister was actually hurt at the moment she accepted the old clothes. She deeply regrets her behavior in those days.
Socrates said that a life without reflection is not worth living. Reflection is the only way for people to grow up. The deeper the reflection, the healthier the growth. But after reflection, something must be done, otherwise this reflection will be meaningless.
The second is to change yourself. Mary never threw books before, but now there are only thirty books around her all the year round. For favorite books, she will tear off the favorite page numbers and keep them, and throw away all the rest. Later, she had fewer books and more dry goods in her mind. Coincidentally, Li Aojia, a writer in Taiwan Province Province, has a whole wall full of drawers, each of which is paper classified by theme, and each piece of paper was cut from the book by Li Ao. Li Ao said that only in this way can he put knowledge into his mind. It can be seen that simplifying the complex is the common philosophy of life of the wise.
Finally, live in the present. A 74-year-old female client invited Mary to the resort to practice the waterfall. The female client is a business tycoon, not young but full of energy. After taking part in the activity, Mary felt at ease. She found that the experience of practicing waterfalls was similar to tidying things up. That feeling is that she is completely immersed in the present and completely forgetful. This state is called flow by psychologists. People who often experience flow are people who live in the present.
When people live in the world, they should deal with three kinds of relationships: the relationship between people and themselves, the relationship between people and others, and the relationship between people and the world. In essence, the relationship between people and themselves determines all the relationships between people. The relationship between people and things can be regarded as the relationship between people and the world. Because of the chaos, the room is a mess. Mary's acceptance method deals with the relationship between people and things on the surface, but in essence it combs the relationship between people and themselves. The purpose of finishing is to let go of the past and live in the present. Mary said that the purpose of writing this book is to make more people cheer up and live actively, so that "every day shines".
Life is to be down-to-earth, not to accumulate steps and follow the Wan Li road. Sorting magic of thrilling life is not only a reference book, but also a philosophy book, which teaches us how to live every day well. In life, we always like to set lofty goals for ourselves, but we often ignore the small things in front of us. In fact, if we can do every little thing well and do every little thing to the extreme, then success will take the initiative to knock on our door sooner or later.
Dear friends, do you want to realize your dreams and achieve yourself? Let's start with doing every little thing well.