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

Marie Kondo

The essence of effective storage is this: designate a spot for every last thing you own.
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Design Essence Storage Yourself
Your real life begins after putting your house in order.
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Beginning Home Life Order Reality 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
Tidying your physical space allows you to tend to your psychological space.
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Allow Physical Space Yourself
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
I believe that tidying is a celebration, a special send-off for those things that will be departing from the house, and therefore I dress accordingly.
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Believe Celebration Home Myself
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
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
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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Happiness Identify Need Process Selection 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
Discard first, store later.
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Discard Store Throw
Believe what your heart tells you when you ask, Does this spark joy?
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Believe Happiness Heart Myself
Only you can know what kind of environment makes you feel happy.
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Environment Feeling Happiness Kind 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
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

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