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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.

Marie Kondo

Your storage space is your private paradise, so personalize it to the fullest.
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Paradise Privacy Space Storage Yourself
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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Action Behavior Store Thinking Unconscious
When people revert to clutter no matter how much they tidy, it is not their room or their belongings but their way of thinking that is at fault.
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Mindset People Room Thinking
Activity clutter comes from the things we do that take up precious time and sap our energy but don’t make a meaningful difference to our personal, professional, or even company’s mission.
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Activity Clutter Company Difference Energy Meaning Mission Personal Precious Professional Time
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
Start with clothes, then move on to books, papers, komono (miscellany), and finally things with sentimental value.
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Book Clothes Emotion Paper Start Value
Storage, after all, is the sacred act of choosing a home for my belongings.
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Home Sacred Storage
The true purpose of a present is to be received.
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Present Purpose True
I begin my course with these words: Tidying is a special event. Don’t do it every day.
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Beginning Course Day Myself
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
Tidy a little a day and you’ll be tidying forever.
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Cleaning Day Forever Yourself
The purpose of a letter is fulfilled the moment it is received.
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Fulfill Letter Moments Purpose Recieve
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
People who use the KonMari Method never revert to clutter again.
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Clutter Method People
The lives of those who tidy thoroughly and completely, in a single shot, are without exception dramatically altered.
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Complete Drama Exception Live
Tidying orders and relaxes the mind.
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Mindset Order Relax

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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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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