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If you have Netflix, you know a few months ago "Tidying up with Marie Kondo" became a huge hit. So much so, people started using her name as a verb on Facebook. People reported their adventures cleaning out their homes, I saw posts such as this: "I'm Marie Kondo-ing my closet and found this!" with a picture of them holding up some long lost ridiculous Halloween costume they still had or something similar. Of course, my Facebook feed also immediately erupted  with scores of priests, ministers, and pastors  saying they would never be able to only own 30 books at a time. The whole idea which Marie Kondo proposes  is that cleaning up,  and cleaning out, paring down the possessions you have, leads to a more joy-filled life. This idea is not a new one. Or really a surprising one. When our lives start to feel too cluttered, when we have too many possessions we have to take care of, we start to lose our joy in living, our...