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Many people have equated my tidying method with minimalism, but it’s quite different.

Marie Kondo

To quietly work away at disposing of your own excess is actually the best way of dealing with a family that doesn’t tidy.
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Best Dispose Family Quiet Way Work
Never discard anything without saying thank you and good-bye.
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Goodbye Leave Thankful
Just because you dispose of something does not mean you give up past experiences or your identity.
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Dispose Experience Identity Past
Be sure to completely finish the first task before starting the next.
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Complete Start Task
Tidying is just a tool, not the final destination. The true goal should be to establish the lifestyle you want most once your house has been put in order.
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Destination Establishment Goal Order True
I have yet to see a house that lacked sufficient storage. The real problem is that we have far more than we need or want.
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Home Need Problem Reality Storage
Never, ever tie up your stockings. Never, ever ball up your socks. ―Marie Kondo
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Clothes Tying Yourself
I believe that tidying is a celebration, a special send-off for those things that will be departing from the house, and therefore I dress accordingly.
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Believe Celebration Home Myself
One reason so many of us never succeed at tidying is because we have too much stuff.
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Cleaning Reason Success
Through the process of selecting only those things that inspire joy, you can identify precisely what you love and what you need.
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Happiness Identify Need Process Selection Yourself
If you live with your family, first clearly define separate storage spaces for each family member.
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Definition Family Live Space Storage
It’s far more important to adorn your home with the things you love than to keep it so bare it lacks anything that brings you joy.
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Happiness Home Important Joy Yourself
Only you can know what kind of environment makes you feel happy.
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Environment Feeling Happiness Kind Yourself
Follow your intuition and all will be well.
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Follow Health Intuition Willing
Don’t you think it is unnatural for us to possess things that don’t bring us joy or things that we don’t really need?
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Happiness Joy Need Possession Thinking Yourself
Your storage space is your private paradise, so personalize it to the fullest.
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Paradise Privacy Space Storage Yourself

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