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If you want to meet a beautiful home that is just right for you, take good care of the one you live in now.

Marie Kondo

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
People with large book collections are almost always diligent learners.
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Book Collection Learning People
Follow your intuition and all will be well.
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Follow Health Intuition Willing
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
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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Destination Establishment Goal Order True
Tidying orders and relaxes the mind.
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Mindset Order Relax
Everyone needs a sanctuary.
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Need One Liner Sanctuary
Clutter also adversely affects health. According to a study by scientists at UCLA, being surrounded by too many things increases cortisol levels, a primary stress hormone.
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Adversity Affect Clutter Health Hormone Level Primary Stress
Many people have equated my tidying method with minimalism, but it’s quite different.
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Different Equation Minimalism Myself People Quite
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
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
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
Taking good care of your things leads to taking good care of yourself.
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Care Goodness Leadership Yourself
Don’t forget that the god of tidying up is always on your side as long as you are committed to getting it done.
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Commitment Forget God Yourself
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
You could say that tidying orders the mind while cleaning purifies it.
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Cleaning Mindset Order Purity

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