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No matter how wonderful things used to be, we cannot live in the past. The joy and excitement we feel here and now are more important.

Marie Kondo

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
The essence of effective storage is this: designate a spot for every last thing you own.
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Design Essence Storage Yourself
People with large book collections are almost always diligent learners.
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Book Collection Learning People
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
But when we really delve into the reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.
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Attachment Fear Future Past 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
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
In essence, tidying ought to be the act of restoring balance among people, their possessions, and the house they live in.
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Act Balance Essence Home Live People Possession Restore
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
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
Tidying your physical space allows you to tend to your psychological space.
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Allow Physical Space Yourself
I begin my course with these words: Tidying is a special event. Don’t do it every day.
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Beginning Course Day Myself
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
Reducing the amount of stuff in our space also reduces the amount of dust, and we actually clean more often.
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Cleaning Reduce Space
A joy-filled home is like your own personal art museum
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Art Happiness Museum Personal Room
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

No matter how wonderful things used to be, we cannot live in the past. The joy and excitement we feel here and now are more important.

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No matter how wonderful things used to be, we cannot live in the past. The joy and excitement we feel here and now are more important.

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