Sorting, from a different angle of view

From a remarkably insightful article on the getting, keeping, and getting rid of, books, an idea:

As testimony to the cognitive and psychological benefits of book culling, she offers a conversion narrative drawn from her youth. One day, frustrated by her efforts to achieve perfection in tidying, the young Kondo collapsed on her bed in a paroxysm of despair. Presently she heard a voice. “Look more closely at what is there,” it said. Like a mystic graced with a vision, she realized, “We should be choosing what we want to keep, not what we want to get rid of.” 

See more at: http://thepointmag.com/2015/criticism/the-magic-of-untidiness#sthash.tCRvOA6u.dpuf