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The lives of those who tidy thoroughly and completely, in a single shot, are without exception dramatically altered.

Marie Kondo

Taking good care of your things leads to taking good care of yourself.
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Care Goodness Leadership Yourself
To quietly work away at disposing of your own excess is actually the best way of dealing with a family that doesn’t tidy.
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Best Dispose Family Quiet Way Work
People with large book collections are almost always diligent learners.
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Book Collection Learning People
If you have reduced your possessions but feel no joy at home, try gathering selected items that you really love in one spot to create your own special space.
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Creation Feeling Home Love Place Possession Reduce Select
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
All you need to do is take the time to sit down and examine each item you own, decide whether you want to keep or discard it, and then choose where to put what you keep.
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Choice Decision Discard Need Time Yourself
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
Be sure to completely finish the first task before starting the next.
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Complete Start Task
It is only when you put your house in order that your furniture and decorations come to life.
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Decoration Furniture Home Life Order
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
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
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
Clutter is caused by a failure to return things to where they belong.
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Clutter Deep Failure
Even if we remain unaware of it, our belongings really work hard for us, carrying out their respective roles each day to support our lives.
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Aware Carry Hard Work Live Ourselves Remain Respective Role Support
The purpose of a letter is fulfilled the moment it is received.
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Fulfill Letter Moments Purpose Recieve
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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