Source #1
Kondo, Marie. Spark Joy: An Illustrated Guide to the Japanese Art of Tidying. London: Vermilion, 2017. Print.
“Spark Joy” by Marie Kondo is a credible source on my topic because it offers a valid method and explanation to tidying up with the “Konmari” method. Marie Kondo is the author of several New York Times bestsellers and has reached millions with her client-based business program. People are eager to learn more about not just self-improvement, but how to improve their homes, and Marie Kondo has found a way to tap into that with her books and her works. “Spark Joy” is specifically a book where
The source is presenting a specific work and organization method used to declutter and simplify your home. She addresses what exactly is “joy” in relation to an item in your home, and she has an index for just about most things you would find in a home that would need to be addressed. Does the item spark joy? Or does it fall into another category that the author has laid out such as a sentimental item or a collectable or a “just because”.
I think the author was trying to help people let go of items they may be keeping for the wrong reasons with the knowledge that letting it go would make them happier. The author is trying to help audiences recognize what truly makes them happy and to hold on to simply those things. Other things can weigh us down and make us unhappier with our lives.
The author lays out this very interesting ritual or actions that need to be performed that helps people let go of unneeded clutter. Often times it requires the person in question with the cluttered home to address each item physically. Hold the item in your hands and see if there is an emotional connection. What was the quality of your connection? Do you know why you are truly holding on to this item? The idea is that you would know which items would spark joy, and that you would be able to recognize that feeling of joy when you reached items in your home that made you happy.
I think Marie Kondo does a lot with her book to add to a conversation that does not seem to be had by anyone at all. Her work addresses a very real problem in an emotional and therapeutic manner.
I think this source acts as a great real-world equivalent to scientific evidence that already exists and shows new areas of observation and study that can be performed. Perhaps the Konmari method isn’t that effective, or perhaps it is the best method in working against clutter. It helps supports theories set by other studies and opens the gateway to more.
I think this book is a decent source because it tries to address something most people will experience in their lifetimes, a messy room. It tries to teach us how to be happier people overall. The only think lacking is perhaps a greater understanding steeped in evidence on why this phenomenon occurs.
I will definitely use this book as a research tool in my project when trying to address people who have actually gone through the Konmari method and documenting how it has helped them in their life.
Source #2
Arkes, H. R., & Blumer, C. (1985), The psychology of sunk costs. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 35, 124-140.
The source is a paper written by the researcher Hal Arkes who works at the Ohio State University in Columbus, a respected school whom the person in question has written a wonderful collection of essays and studies.
The source examines and studies the decision making choices people make when there is a “sunk cost” involved. There are many studies performed in the paper with the probability of a person making one decision over another calculated from the results gathered. A sunk cost is when a person makes a payment of some form and it is negated because the thing being paid for is no longer available or desirable. Therefore the cost has been paid while the product has fallen through.
An example offered by the paper is where a man wins a free ticket to a football game. He doesn’t want to go alone so convinces a friend to buy a ticket as well. On the day of the game, a horrible storm occurs and reaching the stadium where the game is being held is no longer viable or safe. The winner of the free tickets opts to not go to the game, but the friend who bought their ticket still wants to go despite the evident storm and the agony that would be involved in reaching the destination. Arkes is trying to point out in the man’s decision making where he would rather risk the trip rather than realize that the worth of seeing the game would not equal to the worth of going through the storm.
I think the author is definitely trying to find a common thread among people’s decisions when there is a sunk cost involved. He definitely believes people will act differently and against their actual interests when they know there is money on the line and is at risk of being “wasted”, although he argues against that thinking saying the money spent is now being put to the use of allowing you to be safer and happier rather than miserable trying to regain the previous perceived values of the sunk cost.
The author often designs studies where people find themselves in scenarios where they ae given opportunity to attend some show or to be a part of something at some form of cost. Whether or not they follow up is up to them and close attention is paid by whether or not somebody takes advantage of this deal or coupon given to them. One study had theater tickets being sold where audience members can take advantage of watching these shows whether they show up for them or not. Turn out is then calculated in relation to how many people would attend the show or not.
I think this is important to understand about the possibility that our decision making may not always actually be in our best interests. We may often make decisions that are not good for us but are being dictated by an emotion or some other thing.
This source would be in definite support of what we are talking about with common clutter since common clutter occurs when people being to make decisions against their actual benefit and fill their homes with things that do not actually make them happy. It is emotional an probability lines of thinking.
The source is OK. The researcher is well-known and does good work but the main basis of his work plants enough room for doubt as it is hard to measure whether or not something is “worth it” since it is hard to measure whether or not someone is actually happy and simply trying to find worth in something lost.
I would definitely use the information in all of the studies to support my point in my research.
Source #3
Oh, Kevin. Jane Doe and Decluttering. Print. Research and study performed for this paper.
The source is Jane Doe (actual name not presented), a person who has experienced clutter in their life when they moved out of their home at a young age. Jane’s life was ruled by the messy home she inhabited and often times it would make it difficult for her emotionally in her life. It wasn’t until she had was presented with the Konmari method did she feel as though she could actually make progress at battling the clutter in her life. She is in the perfect position to talk about the emotional struggle clutter has had on her, and how a method to work against it was life-changing.
Jane Doe was studied in her journey of reaching a clean, organized home. When she first moved from her parents’ house, she found it incredibly difficult to maintain a home. It got to the point to whenever she was home she was not happy and did not want to be there. She decided she needed help and reached out to sources on the internet that would help her address this problem. Online she found Mari Kondo’s books and her methods of tackling clutter in the home. What I have recorded is her journey as a part of my studies.
Jane was simply trying to improve her life and be a happier person in her own home. It was always a great source of stress living and knowing about the monster of a home she had created and knew she was responsible of.
It was over the period of a full two weeks where she planned her life to hit all of the categories in the “Spark Joy” book. She would follow all of the steps laid out in the book and address each and every single category according to the book. Close attention was paid to her emotional state and her responses to letting go of things in her home. There were many ups and downs as it reached to core emotional situations within herself as she found some parts of decluttering and Konmari very difficult to be a part of. Further conjectures were made based off of my experience with Jane, and watching her emotionally confront most of the things that are within her home. It almost felt as though her home represented her emotional and mental state. The cleaner and more organized her home became, the same began with her mind and psychological state.
Jane is an example of many people who experience common clutter, and the first I personally I have observed to go through the offerings of the book for a method of how to organize her home.
This source talks to the personal level of watching someone try and get their homes together through some form or method.I think this is a good source as it is a personal study and examination for the sake of research. I will definitely use this source as an emotional appeal to audiences as Jane’s journey to declutter was very emotional in helping them better understand what clutter and decluttering feels like.
Kondo, Marie. Spark Joy: An Illustrated Guide to the Japanese Art of Tidying. London: Vermilion, 2017. Print.
“Spark Joy” by Marie Kondo is a credible source on my topic because it offers a valid method and explanation to tidying up with the “Konmari” method. Marie Kondo is the author of several New York Times bestsellers and has reached millions with her client-based business program. People are eager to learn more about not just self-improvement, but how to improve their homes, and Marie Kondo has found a way to tap into that with her books and her works. “Spark Joy” is specifically a book where
The source is presenting a specific work and organization method used to declutter and simplify your home. She addresses what exactly is “joy” in relation to an item in your home, and she has an index for just about most things you would find in a home that would need to be addressed. Does the item spark joy? Or does it fall into another category that the author has laid out such as a sentimental item or a collectable or a “just because”.
I think the author was trying to help people let go of items they may be keeping for the wrong reasons with the knowledge that letting it go would make them happier. The author is trying to help audiences recognize what truly makes them happy and to hold on to simply those things. Other things can weigh us down and make us unhappier with our lives.
The author lays out this very interesting ritual or actions that need to be performed that helps people let go of unneeded clutter. Often times it requires the person in question with the cluttered home to address each item physically. Hold the item in your hands and see if there is an emotional connection. What was the quality of your connection? Do you know why you are truly holding on to this item? The idea is that you would know which items would spark joy, and that you would be able to recognize that feeling of joy when you reached items in your home that made you happy.
I think Marie Kondo does a lot with her book to add to a conversation that does not seem to be had by anyone at all. Her work addresses a very real problem in an emotional and therapeutic manner.
I think this source acts as a great real-world equivalent to scientific evidence that already exists and shows new areas of observation and study that can be performed. Perhaps the Konmari method isn’t that effective, or perhaps it is the best method in working against clutter. It helps supports theories set by other studies and opens the gateway to more.
I think this book is a decent source because it tries to address something most people will experience in their lifetimes, a messy room. It tries to teach us how to be happier people overall. The only think lacking is perhaps a greater understanding steeped in evidence on why this phenomenon occurs.
I will definitely use this book as a research tool in my project when trying to address people who have actually gone through the Konmari method and documenting how it has helped them in their life.
Source #2
Arkes, H. R., & Blumer, C. (1985), The psychology of sunk costs. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 35, 124-140.
The source is a paper written by the researcher Hal Arkes who works at the Ohio State University in Columbus, a respected school whom the person in question has written a wonderful collection of essays and studies.
The source examines and studies the decision making choices people make when there is a “sunk cost” involved. There are many studies performed in the paper with the probability of a person making one decision over another calculated from the results gathered. A sunk cost is when a person makes a payment of some form and it is negated because the thing being paid for is no longer available or desirable. Therefore the cost has been paid while the product has fallen through.
An example offered by the paper is where a man wins a free ticket to a football game. He doesn’t want to go alone so convinces a friend to buy a ticket as well. On the day of the game, a horrible storm occurs and reaching the stadium where the game is being held is no longer viable or safe. The winner of the free tickets opts to not go to the game, but the friend who bought their ticket still wants to go despite the evident storm and the agony that would be involved in reaching the destination. Arkes is trying to point out in the man’s decision making where he would rather risk the trip rather than realize that the worth of seeing the game would not equal to the worth of going through the storm.
I think the author is definitely trying to find a common thread among people’s decisions when there is a sunk cost involved. He definitely believes people will act differently and against their actual interests when they know there is money on the line and is at risk of being “wasted”, although he argues against that thinking saying the money spent is now being put to the use of allowing you to be safer and happier rather than miserable trying to regain the previous perceived values of the sunk cost.
The author often designs studies where people find themselves in scenarios where they ae given opportunity to attend some show or to be a part of something at some form of cost. Whether or not they follow up is up to them and close attention is paid by whether or not somebody takes advantage of this deal or coupon given to them. One study had theater tickets being sold where audience members can take advantage of watching these shows whether they show up for them or not. Turn out is then calculated in relation to how many people would attend the show or not.
I think this is important to understand about the possibility that our decision making may not always actually be in our best interests. We may often make decisions that are not good for us but are being dictated by an emotion or some other thing.
This source would be in definite support of what we are talking about with common clutter since common clutter occurs when people being to make decisions against their actual benefit and fill their homes with things that do not actually make them happy. It is emotional an probability lines of thinking.
The source is OK. The researcher is well-known and does good work but the main basis of his work plants enough room for doubt as it is hard to measure whether or not something is “worth it” since it is hard to measure whether or not someone is actually happy and simply trying to find worth in something lost.
I would definitely use the information in all of the studies to support my point in my research.
Source #3
Oh, Kevin. Jane Doe and Decluttering. Print. Research and study performed for this paper.
The source is Jane Doe (actual name not presented), a person who has experienced clutter in their life when they moved out of their home at a young age. Jane’s life was ruled by the messy home she inhabited and often times it would make it difficult for her emotionally in her life. It wasn’t until she had was presented with the Konmari method did she feel as though she could actually make progress at battling the clutter in her life. She is in the perfect position to talk about the emotional struggle clutter has had on her, and how a method to work against it was life-changing.
Jane Doe was studied in her journey of reaching a clean, organized home. When she first moved from her parents’ house, she found it incredibly difficult to maintain a home. It got to the point to whenever she was home she was not happy and did not want to be there. She decided she needed help and reached out to sources on the internet that would help her address this problem. Online she found Mari Kondo’s books and her methods of tackling clutter in the home. What I have recorded is her journey as a part of my studies.
Jane was simply trying to improve her life and be a happier person in her own home. It was always a great source of stress living and knowing about the monster of a home she had created and knew she was responsible of.
It was over the period of a full two weeks where she planned her life to hit all of the categories in the “Spark Joy” book. She would follow all of the steps laid out in the book and address each and every single category according to the book. Close attention was paid to her emotional state and her responses to letting go of things in her home. There were many ups and downs as it reached to core emotional situations within herself as she found some parts of decluttering and Konmari very difficult to be a part of. Further conjectures were made based off of my experience with Jane, and watching her emotionally confront most of the things that are within her home. It almost felt as though her home represented her emotional and mental state. The cleaner and more organized her home became, the same began with her mind and psychological state.
Jane is an example of many people who experience common clutter, and the first I personally I have observed to go through the offerings of the book for a method of how to organize her home.
This source talks to the personal level of watching someone try and get their homes together through some form or method.I think this is a good source as it is a personal study and examination for the sake of research. I will definitely use this source as an emotional appeal to audiences as Jane’s journey to declutter was very emotional in helping them better understand what clutter and decluttering feels like.