When deciding how to spend your time, remember: Don’t trade an activity you’d love to pursue for a reward you don’t value.
MARIE KONDOPeople 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.
More Marie Kondo Quotes
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Many people have equated my tidying method with minimalism, but it’s quite different.
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Caring for your possessions is the best way to motivate them to support you, their owner.
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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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You could say that tidying orders the mind while cleaning purifies it.
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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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Tidying your physical space allows you to tend to your psychological space.
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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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Putting your house in order is the magic that creates a vibrant and happy life.
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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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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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The purpose of a letter is fulfilled the moment it is received.
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Start with clothes, then move on to books, papers, komono (miscellany), and finally things with sentimental value.
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Storage, after all, is the sacred act of choosing a home for my belongings.
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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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Clutter is caused by a failure to return things to where they belong.
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