Um, Tidying Up With Marie Kondo Was Almost a Scripted TV Show - E! Online (2024)

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Initially, we were interested in doing the show in a scripted format and we were also approached to do it as a film, but we finally identified the most appropriate way for this journey to end. There were ups and downs, but we always thought that there was something very special in Marie and her message," Berman said.

“Just after my older daughter was born, I felt unable to forgive myself for not being able to manage my life as I had before. But, with time, I eased up on myself; then, after I gave birth to my second daughter, I let go of my need for perfection altogether,” she wrote.

Unfortunately, there is no Tidying Up With Marie Kondo season 2 on the cards at the moment but the good news is that Netflix is teaming with Kondo to make a brand-new reality series instead.

In this reality series, Marie Kondo brings her joyful tidying tactics to people struggling to balance work and home life — and shares her own world.

Kondo says that her method is partly inspired by the Shinto religion. Cleaning and organizing things properly can be a spiritual practice in Shintoism, which is concerned with the energy or divine spirit of things (kami) and the right way to live (kannagara):

In the KonMari Method™, your feelings are the standard for decision making – specifically, knowing what sparks joy. To determine this when tidying, the key is to pick up each object one at a time, and ask yourself quietly, “Does this spark joy?” Pay attention to how your body responds.

How Marie Kondo changed her mind about mess: 'I realised perfect order was not my goal - it was spending time with my kids'

Marie Kondo always wears white.

Because it's associated with cleanliness. “It is part of my brand,” she told The New Yorker. We imagine that she of all people wouldn't have a hard time keeping her wardrobe clean.

Kondo speaks at the three-day event, which includes hours of tidying tips and client services. One platinum-ranking member charges $100 per hour, with an additional $50 travel fee. Areas with higher demand will command higher fees, but you can hire lower-ranking members to save money.

While helping the couple to decide whether keeping the books will be “beneficial” to their lives going forward, Kondo states that we should “ideally keep fewer than 30 books”, a practice she follows herself.

Did Marie Kondo have another baby? ›

Marie Kondo has admitted she's “kind of given up” on tidying up after welcoming three children. The decluttering expert welcomed her third child, a son, in April 2021. Kondo, 38, and her husband Takumi Kawahara, whom she married in 2012, are also parents to daughters Satsuki and Miko.

Even though the show was filmed and aired in the US, Kondo communicates primarily in Japanese. This means that English-speaking viewers of the show rely on the skill of a live interpreter to better understand Kondo.

Marie Kondo has authored nine books in Japanese on tidying and organization.

Kondo, who lives in California with her family, said she no longer put pressure on herself to always keep her house in order. She and her husband now planned their days so they could spend as much time with their children and still get important tasks done.

Kondo and her husband, Takumi Kawahara, are parents to daughters Satsuki and Miko, and son, whom the couple welcomed in 2021.