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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.

Marie Kondo

Tidy a little a day and you’ll be tidying forever.
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Cleaning Day Forever 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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Excitement Important Live Past Wonderful
The real tragedy is to live your entire life without anything that brings you joy and never even realize it.
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Happiness Life Reality Realize Tragedy
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
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
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
Never discard anything without saying thank you and good-bye.
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Goodbye Leave Thankful
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 lives of those who tidy thoroughly and completely, in a single shot, are without exception dramatically altered.
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Complete Drama Exception Live
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
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
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
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
The best method is to experiment and enjoy the process.
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Best Enjoyment Experiment Method Process
Tidying is the act of confronting yourself.
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Act Yourself

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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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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