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Reducing the amount of stuff in our space also reduces the amount of dust, and we actually clean more often.

Marie Kondo

Cherish the things you love. Cherish yourself.
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Cherish Love Yourself
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
Therefore, storage should reduce the effort needed to put things away, not the effort needed to get them out.
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Effort Need Reduce Storage
The best method is to experiment and enjoy the process.
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Best Enjoyment Experiment Method Process
People with large book collections are almost always diligent learners.
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Book Collection Learning People
One reason so many of us never succeed at tidying is because we have too much stuff.
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Cleaning Reason Success
From the moment you start tidying, you will be compelled to reset your life. As a result, your life will start to change.
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Change Life Moments Reset Start Yourself
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
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
Your real life begins after putting your house in order.
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Beginning Home Life Order Reality Yourself
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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Awareness Important Lifestyle Person Perspective Segregation
The meaning of a photo lies in the excitement and joy you feel when taking it.
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Excitement Feeling Meaning Photo
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
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
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
Tidy a little a day and you’ll be tidying forever.
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Cleaning Day Forever Yourself

Reducing the amount of stuff in our space also reduces the amount of dust, and we actually clean more often.

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