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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

To throw away what you no longer need is neither wasteful nor shameful.
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Away Need Shame Waste
Only you can know what kind of environment makes you feel happy.
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Environment Feeling Happiness Kind Yourself
Clutter is caused by a failure to return things to where they belong.
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Clutter Deep Failure
Being surrounded by things that bring joy makes you happy
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Happiness Joy Surround Yourself
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
To quietly work away at disposing of your own excess is actually the best way of dealing with a family that doesn’t tidy.
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Best Dispose Family Quiet Way Work
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
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
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
Never discard anything without saying thank you and good-bye.
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Goodbye Leave Thankful
Activity clutter comes from the things we do that take up precious time and sap our energy but don’t make a meaningful difference to our personal, professional, or even company’s mission.
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Activity Clutter Company Difference Energy Meaning Mission Personal Precious Professional Time
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
Be sure to completely finish the first task before starting the next.
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Complete Start Task
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
Caring for your possessions is the best way to motivate them to support you, their owner.
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Best Care Motivational Possession Way Yourself
Storage, after all, is the sacred act of choosing a home for my belongings.
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Home Sacred Storage

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