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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

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
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
A joy-filled home is like your own personal art museum
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Art Happiness Museum Personal Room
To throw away what you no longer need is neither wasteful nor shameful.
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Away Need Shame Waste
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
The best method is to experiment and enjoy the process.
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Best Enjoyment Experiment Method Process
To truly cherish the things that are important to you, you must first discard those that have outlived their purpose. To throw away what you no longer need is neither wasteful nor shameful.
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Cherish Important Purpose Shame Wasted 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
Tidy a little a day and you’ll be tidying forever.
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Cleaning Day Forever Yourself
Never discard anything without saying thank you and good-bye.
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Goodbye Leave Thankful
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
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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Excitement Important Live Past Wonderful
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 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
Don’t you think it is unnatural for us to possess things that don’t bring us joy or things that we don’t really need?
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Happiness Joy Need Possession Thinking Yourself
Cherish the things you love. Cherish yourself.
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Cherish Love 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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