Alison Curtis: Where I would like to be a version of Marie Kondo, Joan would not

Japanese tidying expert Marie Kondo brings her methods to Netflix with a series called Tidying Up With Marie Kondo.

I would consider myself a minimalist and to be honest, I find clutter stressful. I think this stems from a few things.

The house where we grew up in Canada was big, but that was typical in North America. There was a lot of living space, a lot of rooms but not a huge amount of stuff. My parents very much liked things tidy without spaces feeling bare.