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Marie Kondo

Never, ever tie up your stockings. Never, ever ball up your socks. ―Marie Kondo
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Clothes Tying Yourself
The best method is to experiment and enjoy the process.
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Best Enjoyment Experiment Method Process
Storage, after all, is the sacred act of choosing a home for my belongings.
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Home Sacred Storage
Many people have equated my tidying method with minimalism, but it’s quite different.
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Different Equation Minimalism Myself People Quite
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
Discard first, store later.
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Discard Store Throw
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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Hold Live Order Past Weight Yourself
The true purpose of a present is to be received.
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Present Purpose True
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
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.
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Activity Decision Pursue Remember Reward Time Value
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
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
Tidying is just a tool, not the final destination. The true goal should be to establish the lifestyle you want most once your house has been put in order.
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Destination Establishment Goal Order True
Don’t forget that the god of tidying up is always on your side as long as you are committed to getting it done.
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Commitment Forget God Yourself
You could say that tidying orders the mind while cleaning purifies it.
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Cleaning Mindset Order Purity
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

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