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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.

Marie Kondo

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
Our parents demanded that we clean up our rooms, but they too, had never been trained in how to do that. When it comes to tidying, we are all self-taught.
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Cleaning Demand Ourselves Parents Teaching Training
Just because you dispose of something does not mean you give up past experiences or your identity.
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Dispose Experience Identity Past
To truly cherish the things that are important to you, you must first discard those that have outlived their purpose. To throw away what you no longer need is neither wasteful nor shameful.
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Cherish Important Purpose Shame Wasted Yourself
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
Follow your intuition and all will be well.
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Follow Health Intuition Willing
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
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
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
You could say that tidying orders the mind while cleaning purifies it.
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Cleaning Mindset Order Purity
Only you can know what kind of environment makes you feel happy.
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Environment Feeling Happiness Kind Yourself
No matter how wonderful things used to be, we cannot live in the past. The joy and excitement we feel here and now are more important.
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Excitement Important Live Past Wonderful
Be sure to completely finish the first task before starting the next.
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Complete Start Task
Being surrounded by things that bring joy makes you happy
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Happiness Joy Surround Yourself
The essence of effective storage is this: designate a spot for every last thing you own.
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Design Essence Storage Yourself
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

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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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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