I Took a KonMari Consultant Certification Course — Here Are the 9 Insider Decluttering Tips I Learned

Ever since “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up” published in 2010, Marie Kondo’s five-step KonMari Method has been changing the way the world tidies. The organizing expert has demonstrated on paper and screen how to transform spaces through tidying by category — clothes, books, paper, komono (miscellany), and mementos, in that order — and discarding items that don’t spark joy, or tokimeku. And while it’s entirely possible to learn and practice Kondo’s method through these mediums, I’ve always wondered: what secrets do KonMari Consultant learn in training that make them capable of helping others, just as Kondo does?