Also called This One Sparks Joy · Does It Spark Joy? · This One Does Not Spark Joy
One option makes you happy; the other does not. Put your preferred choice beside Marie Kondo’s smile and the unwelcome alternative beside her second reaction.
This template already contains Kondo’s two verdicts on the left. The empty black panels on the right are for the things being compared: joy at the top, no joy underneath.
The contrast works best when the choices are closely related. A free afternoon and an unexpected meeting make a sharper pair than two unrelated likes and dislikes.
As part of the KonMari Method, Marie Kondo asks people to hold an item and consider whether it sparks joy. Her official explanation makes personal feeling the basis for deciding what to keep. [1]
Tidying Up with Marie Kondo debuted on Netflix on January 1, 2019. The phrase spread into jokes about things people wanted to keep or discard, followed by image comparisons using Kondo’s positive and negative reactions. [2]
Add the thing you prefer to the black space at the top right, and the thing you dislike to the matching space below. The left-hand captions are already part of the image.
Use two short labels from the same situation. You can also add your own images to the empty panels when a visual comparison makes the difference clearer.
Original captions to try with this template.
The second option takes away the time that made the first one appealing.
The same drink gets two very different reactions depending on when it was made.
The pleasure of collecting memories runs into the phone’s capacity warning.
References for this template. Example captions are original.
Explains the original question as a personal test for deciding what to keep.
Documents the Netflix debut and the January 2019 comparison format.
