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No matter how wonderful things used to be, we cannot live in the past. The joy and excitement we feel here and now are more important.

Marie Kondo

Follow your intuition and all will be well.
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Follow Health Intuition Willing
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
Tidying orders and relaxes the mind.
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Mindset Order Relax
A person’s awareness and perspective on his or her own lifestyle are far more important than any skill at sorting, storing, or whatever.
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Awareness Important Lifestyle Person Perspective Segregation
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
People with large book collections are almost always diligent learners.
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Book Collection Learning People
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
You could say that tidying orders the mind while cleaning purifies it.
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Cleaning Mindset Order Purity
I’m sure most of us have been scolded for not tidying up our rooms, but how many of our parents consciously taught us how to tidy as part of our upbringing?
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Childhood Cleaning Habit Ourselves Parents Room
Only you can know what kind of environment makes you feel happy.
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Environment Feeling Happiness Kind Yourself
To throw away what you no longer need is neither wasteful nor shameful.
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Away Need Shame Waste
There is no need to buy dividers or any other gadget. You can solve your storage problems with things you already have in the house. The most common item I use is an empty shoebox.
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Empty Home Minimalism Need Purchase Yourself
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
Tidying is the act of confronting yourself.
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Act Yourself
Our parents demanded that we clean up our rooms, but they too, had never been trained in how to do that. When it comes to tidying, we are all self-taught.
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Cleaning Demand Ourselves Parents Teaching Training
Taking good care of your things leads to taking good care of yourself.
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Care Goodness Leadership Yourself

No matter how wonderful things used to be, we cannot live in the past. The joy and excitement we feel here and now are more important.

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No matter how wonderful things used to be, we cannot live in the past. The joy and excitement we feel here and now are more important.

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