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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.

Marie Kondo

Your storage space is your private paradise, so personalize it to the fullest.
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Paradise Privacy Space Storage Yourself
Putting your house in order is the magic that creates a vibrant and happy life.
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Creation Happiness Home Life Magic Order
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
Warranties are only used once a year if at all. What point is there in carefully sorting and separating them when the odds that they will be needed are so low?
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Care Low Need Point Separate
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
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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Change Drama Mindset Secret Shot Ultimate 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
People with large book collections are almost always diligent learners.
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Book Collection Learning People
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
One reason so many of us never succeed at tidying is because we have too much stuff.
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Cleaning Reason Success
Never, ever tie up your stockings. Never, ever ball up your socks. ―Marie Kondo
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Clothes Tying 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
When people revert to clutter no matter how much they tidy, it is not their room or their belongings but their way of thinking that is at fault.
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Mindset People Room Thinking
In essence, tidying ought to be the act of restoring balance among people, their possessions, and the house they live in.
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Act Balance Essence Home Live People Possession Restore
I recommend you dispose of anything that does not fall into one of three categories: currently in use, needed for a limited period of time, or must be kept indefinitely.
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Category Limitation Recommend Time

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