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Marie Kondo

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
The essence of effective storage is this: designate a spot for every last thing you own.
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Design Essence Storage Yourself
Storage, after all, is the sacred act of choosing a home for my belongings.
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Home Sacred Storage
If you are going to buy clothes, choose them with the intention of welcoming them into your home and caring for them.
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Care Clothes Home Intention Welcome
Never discard anything without saying thank you and good-bye.
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Goodbye Leave Thankful
Tidy a little a day and you’ll be tidying forever.
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Cleaning Day Forever Yourself
Tidying your physical space allows you to tend to your psychological space.
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Allow Physical Space Yourself
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
Only you can know what kind of environment makes you feel happy.
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Environment Feeling Happiness Kind Yourself
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
If you use the right method and concentrate your efforts on eliminating clutter thoroughly and completely within a short span of time, you’ll see instant results that will empower you to keep your space in order after.
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Cleaning Effort Elimination Method Order Result Right Space Time Yourself
We may think that we have stored things to suit our behavior, but usually we have unconsciously adjusted our actions to match where things are stored.
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Action Behavior Store Thinking Unconscious
Be sure to completely finish the first task before starting the next.
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Complete Start Task
To throw away what you no longer need is neither wasteful nor shameful.
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Away Need Shame Waste
People with large book collections are almost always diligent learners.
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Book Collection Learning People
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

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