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Many people have equated my tidying method with minimalism, but it’s quite different.

Marie Kondo

The question of what you want to own is actually the question of how you want to live your life.
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Life Live Question Yourself
The real tragedy is to live your entire life without anything that brings you joy and never even realize it.
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Happiness Life Reality Realize Tragedy
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
Don’t you think it is unnatural for us to possess things that don’t bring us joy or things that we don’t really need?
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Happiness Joy Need Possession Thinking Yourself
The ultimate secret of success is this: If you tidy up in one shot, rather than little by little, you can dramatically change your mindset.
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Change Drama Mindset Secret Shot Ultimate Yourself
Keep only those things that speak to your heart. Then take the plunge and discard all the rest. By doing this, you can reset your life and embark on a new lifestyle.
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Heart Life Lifestyle Talk Yourself
Follow your intuition and all will be well.
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Follow Health Intuition Willing
Warranties are only used once a year if at all. What point is there in carefully sorting and separating them when the odds that they will be needed are so low?
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Care Low Need Point Separate
There is no need to buy dividers or any other gadget. You can solve your storage problems with things you already have in the house. The most common item I use is an empty shoebox.
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Empty Home Minimalism Need Purchase Yourself
To throw away what you no longer need is neither wasteful nor shameful.
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Away Need Shame Waste
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
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
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
Just because you dispose of something does not mean you give up past experiences or your identity.
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Dispose Experience Identity Past
Many people have equated my tidying method with minimalism, but it’s quite different.
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Different Equation Minimalism Myself People Quite
I recommend you dispose of anything that does not fall into one of three categories: currently in use, needed for a limited period of time, or must be kept indefinitely.
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Category Limitation Recommend Time

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