Marie Kondo: How would you describe what love feels like to you? — FLAPSS

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How would you describe what love feels like to you?

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Marie Kondo

Japanese organizing consultant, author, and television show host

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Warm and fuzzy.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 January 2022 source ↗

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Mary McCartney English photographer and cookbook author

It feels healthy and it makes your body tingle and you feel excited to be alive.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 February 2022 source ↗

Bryn Terfel Welsh bass-baritone singer

Full of passion and laughter.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 November 2024 source ↗

Safety or alarm, I can never decide which.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 July 2026 source ↗

Rachel Whiteread English artist

A warm, frayed, soft blanket.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 December 2017 source ↗

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I don’t have anything that I want to change. I’m sure I did in the past but I can’t recall, which means it wasn’t that big a deal.

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Question How would you want people to remember you? Death & what remains

Tidying fanatic.

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Question What disappointment has stayed with you longest? Failure & regret

In elementary school: I opened my lunchbox and it was empty. I was devastated.

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Question As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself? Identity & self

Housewife and mother of three, which I am now.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 January 2022 source ↗

Question What accomplishment matters most to you? Craft & work

It’s still a work in progress, but I would have to say, organising the world. With all the KonMari consultants around the world, and those that read my books or watched the Netflix shows, we are definitely making a difference.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 January 2022 source ↗

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