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Therefore, storage should reduce the effort needed to put things away, not the effort needed to get them out.

Marie Kondo

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
Warranties are only used once a year if at all. What point is there in carefully sorting and separating them when the odds that they will be needed are so low?
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Care Low Need Point Separate
Be sure to completely finish the first task before starting the next.
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Complete Start Task
To throw away what you no longer need is neither wasteful nor shameful.
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Away Need Shame Waste
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
Keep only those things that speak to your heart. Then take the plunge and discard all the rest. By doing this, you can reset your life and embark on a new lifestyle.
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Heart Life Lifestyle Talk 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
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
Letting go is even more important than adding.
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Add Important Let Go One Liner Yourself
Tidying orders and relaxes the mind.
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Mindset Order Relax
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
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
Our parents demanded that we clean up our rooms, but they too, had never been trained in how to do that. When it comes to tidying, we are all self-taught.
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Cleaning Demand Ourselves Parents Teaching Training
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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Happiness Home Important Joy Yourself
Follow your intuition and all will be well.
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Follow Health Intuition Willing
When people revert to clutter no matter how much they tidy, it is not their room or their belongings but their way of thinking that is at fault.
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Mindset People Room Thinking

Therefore, storage should reduce the effort needed to put things away, not the effort needed to get them out.

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