When your room is clean and uncluttered, you have no choice but to examine your inner state.
MARIE KONDOTidy a little a day and you’ll be tidying forever.
More Marie Kondo Quotes
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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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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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Many people have equated my tidying method with minimalism, but it’s quite different.
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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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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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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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The real tragedy is to live your entire life without anything that brings you joy and never even realize it.
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To throw away what you no longer need is neither wasteful nor shameful.
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Therefore, storage should reduce the effort needed to put things away, not the effort needed to get them out.
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Clutter is caused by a failure to return things to where they belong.
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Only you can know what kind of environment makes you feel happy.
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If you live with your family, first clearly define separate storage spaces for each family member.
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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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Now imagine yourself living in a space that contains only things that spark joy. Isn’t this the lifestyle you dream of?
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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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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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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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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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Clutter has only two possible causes: too much effort is required to put things away or it is unclear where things belong.
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People with large book collections are almost always diligent learners.
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Taking good care of your things leads to taking good care of yourself.
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Tidying is the act of confronting yourself.
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The lives of those who tidy thoroughly and completely, in a single shot, are without exception dramatically altered.
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The question of what you want to own is actually the question of how you want to live your life.
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Caring for your possessions is the best way to motivate them to support you, their owner.
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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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