I think that saying that the KonMari method is leading us to throw away things that in the future will have to be replaced is showing that maybe we didn’t grasp the fundamentals of the method.

For me, when Mari Kondo says “keep what sparks joy” is not only keeping things that brings joy in the sense of “I love this, it’s so cute!” but also in the sense of “this brings value to my life”. And everything that we consider essential to our lives (clothes, a sofa, a toothbrush, a cellphone) brings us joy by being useful to us.

So throwing away an item, say, a pair of socks that has a whole in it, just for the sake of replacing it, can lead to an unnecessary purchase later. I mean, maybe there is a hole in this pair of socks, but you use it anyway, it is being useful to you and the hole doesn’t keep you from using it, then it is a keeper.

In my opinion the method allows us to look at our stuff and understand which objects are essential to us, and that we don’t need to keep 10 different items “just in case” because we end up using only our favorites in the long run. I love to think that my home is a living space, not a storage.