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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.

Marie Kondo

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
Taking good care of your things leads to taking good care of yourself.
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Care Goodness Leadership Yourself
To throw away what you no longer need is neither wasteful nor shameful.
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Away Need Shame Waste
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
The essence of effective storage is this: designate a spot for every last thing you own.
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Design Essence Storage Yourself
Cherish the things you love. Cherish yourself.
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Cherish Love Yourself
Believe what your heart tells you when you ask, Does this spark joy?
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Believe Happiness Heart Myself
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
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
Caring for your possessions is the best way to motivate them to support you, their owner.
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Best Care Motivational Possession Way 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
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
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
Tidying is the act of confronting yourself.
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Act 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
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

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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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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