MarieKondo

I actually mentioned a similar answer before, but if the person already found the similar item that sparks joy to you, go ahead and replace it with that new item. However, if you have not found anything replaceable with, just stick with what you have again and again. Those things are helping you every single day. So you should appreciate how they are contributing to your life. Change the relationship with those items, by appreciating their contributions to your life.

So those things are helping you every day. Because you are using them.

Even if they are not sparking joy, they are helping you every day. They are making your days go by - meaning, you have not realized that they are making you happy. They are sparking joy to you, subconsciously. So it's you, just not realizing that sparks joy for you. So you should convince yourself that they are sparking joy, and you should prioritize their status, because they are making your day, everyday. Then, gradually, you will start seeing some sparking joy concepts from those items.

You should calm down a little bit. You do not want to be that extreme. You should try to be more realistic and try to think about what you can do to use the current items you already have, and add different items to those to realize the other style that sparks joy to you.

I am actually in the research process on that, because after I wrote a book, and it was released in different languages, I have been receiving different questions from different cultures. So I want to hear different opinions based on different cultures, so I can adjust my advice to what people in different cultures need. For example, Japan has more limited space, maybe some people in America might not have that space issue, so maybe they need a different way of thinking to de-clutter the space, just as an example. So I would like to make some method adjustments as well.

I am a kind of person who gets excited to see clutter!

That is because it is a good feeling for me to imagine how this person can declutter, imagine the whole process of that person decluttering their own space.

BUT if the room has some garbage, like stinky garbage, old food and stuff, yes it does bother me sometimes. But not because of the amount of clutter, it is just the smell.