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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.

Marie Kondo

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
Activity clutter comes from the things we do that take up precious time and sap our energy but don’t make a meaningful difference to our personal, professional, or even company’s mission.
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Activity Clutter Company Difference Energy Meaning Mission Personal Precious Professional Time
To throw away what you no longer need is neither wasteful nor shameful.
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Away Need Shame Waste
People who can’t stay tidy can be categorized into just three types: ‘the can’t throw it away type’, ‘the can’t put it back type’, and ‘the first-two-combined’ type.
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Category People Type
Be sure to completely finish the first task before starting the next.
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Complete Start Task
Many people have equated my tidying method with minimalism, but it’s quite different.
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Different Equation Minimalism Myself People Quite
Only you can know what kind of environment makes you feel happy.
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Environment Feeling Happiness Kind Yourself
Cherish the things you love. Cherish yourself.
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Cherish Love Yourself
The best method is to experiment and enjoy the process.
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Best Enjoyment Experiment Method Process
The question of what you want to own is actually the question of how you want to live your life.
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Life Live Question Yourself
From the moment you start tidying, you will be compelled to reset your life. As a result, your life will start to change.
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Change Life Moments Reset Start Yourself
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
Believe what your heart tells you when you ask, Does this spark joy?
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Believe Happiness Heart Myself
Therefore, storage should reduce the effort needed to put things away, not the effort needed to get them out.
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Effort Need Reduce Storage
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
Your storage space is your private paradise, so personalize it to the fullest.
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Paradise Privacy Space Storage Yourself

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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