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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.

Marie Kondo

People who use the KonMari Method never revert to clutter again.
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Clutter Method People
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
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
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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Clear Effort Possible Reason
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
Never discard anything without saying thank you and good-bye.
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Goodbye Leave Thankful
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
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
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
Human beings can only truly cherish a limited number of things at one time. As I am both lazy and forgetful, I can’t take proper care of too many things.
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Care Cherish Forget Limitation Myself True
Caring for your possessions is the best way to motivate them to support you, their owner.
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Best Care Motivational Possession Way Yourself
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
We live in this moment. Who you are now is more important than memories of your past. Be good to yourself.
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Goodness Important Live Memories Moments Past Yourself
Cherish the things you love. Cherish yourself.
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Cherish Love Yourself
Tidying orders and relaxes the mind.
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Mindset Order Relax
One reason so many of us never succeed at tidying is because we have too much stuff.
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Cleaning Reason Success

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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