Marie Kondo is No More a Tidier, Her Home is Messy

Kondo the ever organized seems a bit messey since giving birth to her third child in 2021.

Image credit: Marie Kondo / Instagram

Kondo said I was a professional tidier so I did my best to keep my home tidy at all the time.

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Kondo says her life underwent a huge change after she had her third child.

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Kondo says, I realize that enjoying and spending time with my children at home is most important to me.

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Kondo encourages everyone to make their own patterns and their own routines to make them happy.

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Kondo became a household name when her bestselling book “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up” hit the U.S. in 2014.

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Kondo says My home is messy but I am spending my time the way I wanted at this time and stage of my life.

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Marie Kondo’s latest novel Kurashi at Home has detail of lifestyle changes.

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Kondo and her husband Takumi Kawahara welcomed their third child a son in 2021.

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The couple married in 2012 also has two daughters and they love spending their time with their three kids.

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Kondo's husband Takumi Kawahar is a president of their KonMari Media company.

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