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Summary: 5+++++ stars
Review: This book is absolutely inspiring. I stayed up late the night I read this and cleared so much junk. Everything felt more manageable in life when I didn't have so much stuff weighing me down. Maybe just coincidence, but shortly after everything was cleared, other things in my life began to fall into place. I make a point to clear clutter once a month, and so far things have been really flowing well for me. What a wonderful book. It has truely changed the way I live.
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Summary: Clear your clutter....a life-altering book!
Review: I first read this wonderful book a year ago. Since then I have given it as a gift to over 10 friends...and counting. It was the first clutter clearing book I'd read which made so much sense to me, in a non-preachy, non-cutsie, but gentle and spiritual manner. Karen gives reasons WHY we accumulate and save things, and also gives us reasons and permission to 'let go' of it. This book gave me the motivation to unclutter each room, one by one. When I had finished, there were bags and bags of things to pass on to new owners, or just dump (things too shoddy to give away). I had a garage sale, and earned, TO THE DOLLAR, the price of a plane ticket for a very close friend to visit me for her birthday. I'm not sure I'll have another garage sale, though, since it now feels SO MUCH better to give stuff away. Since that first reading, I've read it twice more, concentrating on the areas I need reinforcement. I've also realized that this is a LIFE PROCESS, not a one-shot deal and I'm ready now to do another house cleanse...I may even get rid of more stuff than the first go-round! In defense of the Feng Shui aspect, I totally agree with the reviewers who've pointed out that the precepts of Feng Shui are built on a minimalist (i.e. non-cluttered) lifestyle and mindset. How can we even BEGIN to apply Feng Shui to our lives and homes, if there is clutter everywhere? And as for the body cleansing, well, if it makes us think more carefully and spiritually about the food and other items we ingest, what's wrong with that! (of course this is my opinion) And so, I hope more and more people continue to read and use this book. Once clutter is gone, a whole new world of peace and harmony and energy opens up. What a gift Karen Kingston has given us!
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Summary: All I know is: It worked.
Review: I bought this book on impulse last Saturday. It's now been a week and a day and I've donated six shopping bags of books, 17 trash bags of clothing, five boxes of "stuff," a comforter, two lamps, four shelves, and a (single!) crutch--I was keeping it in case I ever needed it for a Halloween costume! I also got rid of 30 bags of garbage. That's enough to fill a 14' U-Haul; I'd packed and moved it all eight times in the past 11 years, along with the rest of my stuff. All my closet doors now open effortlessly. My drawers aren't stuck. My garbage disposal is fixed (I wouldn't call the plumber for five months because the kitchen was too messy). And I no longer have five sets of toenail clippers in case I misplace four of them. I, too, was a little taken aback by the colon cleansing chapter, but the way I look at it is this: Karen Kingston (and her publisher) had to know that it would be a risk to include it, and they did anyway. For that reason alone, I have to at least keep an open mind about it--who knows? Everything else in the book has worked for me. I'm almost done clearing my clutter and walking into my home is a joy. Not only that, but I look forward to having friends and family over and would even be proud to have my freelance clients meet me at my home office. It's interesting that people complain about clutter clearing not being part of traditional feng shui. Why would it be? When feng shui was first introduced, clutter wasn't an issue. It's still not as much of a problem in the East as it is in the West--especially in the US. It makes sense to me that creating a blank slate would be the first step in applying feng shui principles. This is the first book that's ever affected me so drastically. It's got a great balance between practical, real-life stories and Karen's philosophies on life and spirit.
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Summary: Pseudo-Feng Shui Nonsense!
Review: Bottom line: clearing clutter has very little to do with feng shui. The only link between clutter and the ancient art and science is that it inhibits the flow of qi, the physical and meta-phyical nourishing force at the heart of everything and everyone. Qi is only one principle of feng shui. There's also the study of the 8 trigrams, the 5 phases, landforms and your environment. However, feng shui is really about the study of time and space. About determining how you are compatible with your home by analyzing the year you were born into (time) to the time your home was built and its magnetic direction (space). Feng shui is not a quick fix or an easy study. Can you learn and practice acupuncture in a weekend? Surely not. By not including all of feng shui's components Ms. Kingston denies the reader an accurate understanding of what feng shui really it.
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Summary: Give this book to someone you love ...
Review: This book helps bring harmony to your business, home, life, and soul. Give this book to someone you love. Linda Radke, author Linda F. Radkes, Promote Like a Pro: Small Budget Big Show
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Summary: Learn How to Throw Things Away ! But Its Not Feng Shui
Review: Okay, if you are looking for a book on Feng Shui, you will have to look elsewhere. But if you are looking for a book to help you to clear the huge mess at the bottom of your bedroom closet, you have FOUND IT ! This book has helped me to stop being a clutter-bug. I am 32 years old, and WAS the biggest pack-rat and newspaper collector in the world. This book has helped me to learn how to throw things away. Which I believe is the first step to Feng Shui (cleaning up). And I know some people took great issue with some of the New Age "stuff" she added, like clearing the clutter in your body, and "smelling people's clutter in their auras". Even though I am a Wiccan, I felt a little uneasy with some of those claims. I think she went a little too far to make her point. But in her defense, if you are a skeptic, and don't "buy in" to the New Age, WHY IN THE HECK DID YOU BUY A BOOK ON FENG SHUI ???? In other words, don't go to an AT&T Seminar and get upset because all they want to talk about is communication technology, duh !
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Summary: A Way of Life for Us Now!
Review: Clearing your Clutter WORKS! And even if you don't buy into the sprituality of Feng Shui (I don't) a common sense approach to clearing the clutter from your home can ONLY make you (and your family) feel better. True Story -- I married March 1999 and bought this book in April. I spent all of May reorganizing our home (and donating most of its contents to charity) and became pregnant (despite being told I was infertile) in June 1999! Coincedence? I'm not sure. At the very least, clearing out all the clutter from my home (and office FYI and car) helped me (and my husband) relax and begin to enjoy our time together rather than stress over the overwhelming amount of responsiblility we felt trying to keep our chores done. And I AM sure THAT is why I became pregnant. Now that I have a 4 month old baby, we are trying our hardest to utilize what I have learned in the nursery and I hope we will be able to raise a happy son that never looks upon housekeeping as the overwhelming chore his parents did.
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Summary: Find out how clutter stagnates your life!
Review: I received this book as a gift and it has been one of the best gifts I have ever received! After learning to save everything, I have quite a collection of stuff, mine and that left by others whom I have lived with. I have been meaning to get around to going through it, but it seemed to big a task. Karen has a way of motivating you without ever "nagging". She explains how all the stuff inpacts your life. I have "just started" to get rid of my clutter and already it seems like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders. If it feels this good already, I can't wait to finish! Do yourself a favor of a lifetime, read this book.
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Summary: Hi everyone, follow my advice and order this book NOW
Review: Absolutely life changing. When I finished it, I went straight back to the first page and read it again! Then I went out and bought copies for all of my friends. What Karen Kingston does is explain why clutter is stuck energy that drags you down. We were never meant to have all this STUFF, we waste our time and money thinking about buying the next thing we can afford and lose sight completely of what really matters. Clearing your clutter is wonderful, please try it!
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Summary: Not a feng shui book, but motivated me to clear things up.
Review: I agree with many of the reviews which state that this is NOT truly a Feng Shui book. While I think it's shameless Ms. Kingston has inserted the word "Feng Shui" to jump on the bagua bandwagon, overall she does have reasonable ideas and philosophies in why it's time to clear it out. I would recommend this book as a quick motivational pick-me-up in anti-accumulation. I have referred back to it now and then to remind myself to go thru my closets every season. As for Feng Shui, I would recommend books by Lillian Too, or the book mentioned by the previous reviewer, by Terah Kathryn Collins. The chapter on internal clutter is laughable, and somewhat brings into question her sanity and credibility. Had it not been for her unsupported claims, I would have felt comfortable giving her at least 3 stars, unfortunately, this is not so. Overall, this is an "OK" book for clutter clearing, but don't buy this if you are looking for feng shui, it simply is not in here much.
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