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If you are going to buy clothes, choose them with the intention of welcoming them into your home and caring for them.

Marie Kondo

Everyone needs a sanctuary.
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Need One Liner Sanctuary
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
I’m sure most of us have been scolded for not tidying up our rooms, but how many of our parents consciously taught us how to tidy as part of our upbringing?
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Childhood Cleaning Habit Ourselves Parents Room
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
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
Tidying is the act of confronting yourself.
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Act Yourself
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
A joy-filled home is like your own personal art museum
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Art Happiness Museum Personal Room
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
Being surrounded by things that bring joy makes you happy
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Happiness Joy Surround Yourself
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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Adversity Affect Clutter Health Hormone Level Primary Stress
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
All you need to do is take the time to sit down and examine each item you own, decide whether you want to keep or discard it, and then choose where to put what you keep.
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Choice Decision Discard Need Time Yourself
If you use the right method and concentrate your efforts on eliminating clutter thoroughly and completely within a short span of time, you’ll see instant results that will empower you to keep your space in order after.
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Cleaning Effort Elimination Method Order Result Right Space Time Yourself
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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Material Reason Satisfaction Stress
The best method is to experiment and enjoy the process.
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Best Enjoyment Experiment Method Process

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