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One reason so many of us never succeed at tidying is because we have too much stuff.

Marie Kondo

Being surrounded by things that bring joy makes you happy
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Happiness Joy Surround Yourself
Your past will become a weight that holds you back and keeps you from living in the here and now. To put things in order means to put your past in order, too.
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Hold Live Order Past Weight Yourself
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.
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Happiness Home Important Joy 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
Follow your intuition and all will be well.
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Follow Health Intuition Willing
Although we can get to know ourselves better by sitting down and analyzing our characteristics or by listening to others’ perspectives on us, I believe that tidying is the best way.
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Analyze Better Character Myself Perspective Way
The real tragedy is to live your entire life without anything that brings you joy and never even realize it.
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Happiness Life Reality Realize Tragedy
I have yet to see a house that lacked sufficient storage. The real problem is that we have far more than we need or want.
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Home Need Problem Reality Storage
Storage, after all, is the sacred act of choosing a home for my belongings.
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Home Sacred Storage
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
Many people have equated my tidying method with minimalism, but it’s quite different.
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Different Equation Minimalism Myself People Quite
We amass material things for the same reason that we eat—to satisfy a craving. Buying on impulse and eating and drinking to excess are attempts to alleviate stress.
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Material Reason Satisfaction Stress
Clutter is caused by a failure to return things to where they belong.
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Clutter Deep Failure
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
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
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

One reason so many of us never succeed at tidying is because we have too much stuff.

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