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The ultimate secret of success is this: If you tidy up in one shot, rather than little by little, you can dramatically change your mindset.

Marie Kondo

Now imagine yourself living in a space that contains only things that spark joy. Isn’t this the lifestyle you dream of?
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Dreams Happiness Imagination Lifestyle Space Yourself
The essence of effective storage is this: designate a spot for every last thing you own.
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Design Essence Storage Yourself
Your real life begins after putting your house in order.
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Beginning Home Life Order Reality Yourself
Storage, after all, is the sacred act of choosing a home for my belongings.
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Home Sacred Storage
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
Believe what your heart tells you when you ask, Does this spark joy?
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Believe Happiness Heart Myself
The lives of those who tidy thoroughly and completely, in a single shot, are without exception dramatically altered.
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Complete Drama Exception Live
We amass material things for the same reason that we eat—to satisfy a craving. Buying on impulse and eating and drinking to excess are attempts to alleviate stress.
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Material Reason Satisfaction Stress
Reducing the amount of stuff in our space also reduces the amount of dust, and we actually clean more often.
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Cleaning Reduce Space
When deciding how to spend your time, remember: Don’t trade an activity you’d love to pursue for a reward you don’t value.
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Activity Decision Pursue Remember Reward Time Value
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
Clutter is caused by a failure to return things to where they belong.
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Clutter Deep Failure
Never discard anything without saying thank you and good-bye.
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Goodbye Leave Thankful
All you need to do is take the time to sit down and examine each item you own, decide whether you want to keep or discard it, and then choose where to put what you keep.
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Choice Decision Discard Need Time Yourself
Caring for your possessions is the best way to motivate them to support you, their owner.
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Best Care Motivational Possession Way Yourself
When your room is clean and uncluttered, you have no choice but to examine your inner state.
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Choice Cleaning Examination Room State

The ultimate secret of success is this: If you tidy up in one shot, rather than little by little, you can dramatically change your mindset.

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The ultimate secret of success is this: If you tidy up in one shot, rather than little by little, you can dramatically change your mindset.

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