There’s a new internet sensation in the form of Marie Kondo, a cleaning guru who promises to bring you total happiness by teaching you the enlightening art of, er, tidying.
This is Marie Kondo, 31, from Tokyo, Japan.
Her how-to books and videos on the “life-changing magic of tidying up” have earned Marie a spot on TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World list and millions of views on YouTube.
Marie promises a clutter-free lifestyle through the mediums of military-standard organization and joyful pants-folding sessions.
And with Konverts including celebrities like Jamie Lee Curtis and Kate Hudson, we thought it was time to bring her tidy tutorial videos to the readers of Pulptastic.
Marie shows you how to fold pants correctly. You’ll be amazed at just how wrong you’ve been doing it until now:
And THIS is how you fold t-shirts:
Want the perfect underwear drawer? Marie shows you how:
One of Marie’s de-cluttering methods involves touching your possessions and seeing which ones “spark joy”.
If the item in question doesn’t bring happiness to every fibre of your being upon fondling, bin it.
You can find out more about the Konmari method and buy her books here and here.
We can’t wait to tell all our lucky friends about our sock drawer (and organize everything from our yoghurts to our pets).