Mistress Of Minimalism (NOT!)
woman & home South Africa|September 2019

AUTHOR ALLISON PEARSON ON FINDING MEANING AMONG THE CLUTTER

‘What my massive spring clean taught me’

Allison Pearson
Mistress Of Minimalism (NOT!)

Moving house last month meant I did the Mother of All Spring Cleans. Here was a chance to cast off the stuff I had been lugging around for half my adult life like one of those peasant women you see in a Bruegel painting pulling an ox-cart through a lake of mud. I was looking forward to releasing my inner Marie Kondo after my friend Claire gave me a tour of her own bedroom. Claire’s wardrobe rail was hung with a few well-chosen pieces, unlike mine, which was so crowded that multiple garments shared a single hanger and I could never find what I was looking for. I particularly liked the drawer in which Claire’s recently Kondoed pants were rolled up small and cute, like sleeping hamsters.

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