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Now imagine yourself living in a space that contains only things that spark joy. Isn’t this the lifestyle you dream of?

Marie Kondo

Even if we remain unaware of it, our belongings really work hard for us, carrying out their respective roles each day to support our lives.
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Aware Carry Hard Work Live Ourselves Remain Respective Role Support
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
In Japan, we say that words make our reality. The words we see and with which we come into contact tend to bring about events of the same nature.
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Contact Nature Ourselves Reality Word
We live in this moment. Who you are now is more important than memories of your past. Be good to yourself.
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Goodness Important Live Memories Moments Past Yourself
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
The purpose of a letter is fulfilled the moment it is received.
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Fulfill Letter Moments Purpose Recieve
If you are going to buy clothes, choose them with the intention of welcoming them into your home and caring for them.
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Care Clothes Home Intention Welcome
We may think that we have stored things to suit our behavior, but usually we have unconsciously adjusted our actions to match where things are stored.
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Action Behavior Store Thinking Unconscious
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
Human beings can only truly cherish a limited number of things at one time. As I am both lazy and forgetful, I can’t take proper care of too many things.
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Care Cherish Forget Limitation Myself True
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
A joy-filled home is like your own personal art museum
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Art Happiness Museum Personal Room
People who use the KonMari Method never revert to clutter again.
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Clutter Method People
I’m sure most of us have been scolded for not tidying up our rooms, but how many of our parents consciously taught us how to tidy as part of our upbringing?
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Childhood Cleaning Habit Ourselves Parents Room
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

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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