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In essence, tidying ought to be the act of restoring balance among people, their possessions, and the house they live in.

Marie Kondo

Follow your intuition and all will be well.
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Follow Health Intuition Willing
I begin my course with these words: Tidying is a special event. Don’t do it every day.
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Beginning Course Day Myself
Clutter is caused by a failure to return things to where they belong.
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Clutter Deep Failure
Human beings can only truly cherish a limited number of things at one time. As I am both lazy and forgetful, I can’t take proper care of too many things.
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Care Cherish Forget Limitation Myself True
Many people have equated my tidying method with minimalism, but it’s quite different.
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Different Equation Minimalism Myself People Quite
To truly cherish the things that are important to you, you must first discard those that have outlived their purpose. To throw away what you no longer need is neither wasteful nor shameful.
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Cherish Important Purpose Shame Wasted Yourself
Being surrounded by things that bring joy makes you happy
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Happiness Joy Surround Yourself
The meaning of a photo lies in the excitement and joy you feel when taking it.
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Excitement Feeling Meaning Photo
If you want to meet a beautiful home that is just right for you, take good care of the one you live in now.
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Beautiful Care Goodness Home Live Right
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
In Japan, we say that words make our reality. The words we see and with which we come into contact tend to bring about events of the same nature.
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Contact Nature Ourselves Reality Word
Letting go is even more important than adding.
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Add Important Let Go One Liner Yourself
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
The best method is to experiment and enjoy the process.
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Best Enjoyment Experiment Method Process
Tidying your physical space allows you to tend to your psychological space.
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Allow Physical Space Yourself
But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.
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Attachment Fear Future Past Reason

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