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It’s far more important to adorn your home with the things you love than to keep it so bare it lacks anything that brings you joy.

Marie Kondo

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
If you live with your family, first clearly define separate storage spaces for each family member.
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Definition Family Live Space Storage
Cherish the things you love. Cherish yourself.
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Cherish Love Yourself
Now imagine yourself living in a space that contains only things that spark joy. Isn’t this the lifestyle you dream of?
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Dreams Happiness Imagination Lifestyle Space 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
Many people have equated my tidying method with minimalism, but it’s quite different.
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Different Equation Minimalism Myself People Quite
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
Believe what your heart tells you when you ask, Does this spark joy?
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Believe Happiness Heart Myself
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
When your room is clean and uncluttered, you have no choice but to examine your inner state.
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Choice Cleaning Examination Room State
Be sure to completely finish the first task before starting the next.
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Complete Start Task
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
Start with clothes, then move on to books, papers, komono (miscellany), and finally things with sentimental value.
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Book Clothes Emotion Paper Start Value
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
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
You could say that tidying orders the mind while cleaning purifies it.
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Cleaning Mindset Order Purity

It’s far more important to adorn your home with the things you love than to keep it so bare it lacks anything that brings you joy.

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