The Netflix hit Tidying Up with Marie Kondo has inspired so many people to purge their homes of excess that there has been a noticeable increase both in the number of items donated to charity and in the purchase of storage totes and bins. Kondo’s approach hinges on evaluating whether a belonging sparks joy, and if not, thanking it for its service and discarding it, ideally through donation. Tidying Up encourages the viewers as well as the participants, who are reorganizing th