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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

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 best method is to experiment and enjoy the process.
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Best Enjoyment Experiment Method Process
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
It is only when you put your house in order that your furniture and decorations come to life.
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Decoration Furniture Home Life Order
Only you can know what kind of environment makes you feel happy.
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Environment Feeling Happiness Kind Yourself
Through the process of selecting only those things that inspire joy, you can identify precisely what you love and what you need.
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Happiness Identify Need Process Selection Yourself
Being surrounded by things that bring joy makes you happy
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Happiness Joy Surround 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
In essence, tidying ought to be the act of restoring balance among people, their possessions, and the house they live in.
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Act Balance Essence Home Live People Possession Restore
People who can’t stay tidy can be categorized into just three types: ‘the can’t throw it away type’, ‘the can’t put it back type’, and ‘the first-two-combined’ type.
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Category People Type
Tidying orders and relaxes the mind.
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Mindset Order Relax
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
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
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
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
Never, ever tie up your stockings. Never, ever ball up your socks. ―Marie Kondo
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Clothes Tying Yourself
There is no need to buy dividers or any other gadget. You can solve your storage problems with things you already have in the house. The most common item I use is an empty shoebox.
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Empty Home Minimalism Need Purchase Yourself
The meaning of a photo lies in the excitement and joy you feel when taking it.
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Excitement Feeling Meaning Photo
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
Don’t forget that the god of tidying up is always on your side as long as you are committed to getting it done.
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Commitment Forget God Yourself
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
The purpose of a letter is fulfilled the moment it is received.
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Fulfill Letter Moments Purpose Recieve
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
Clutter is caused by a failure to return things to where they belong.
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Clutter Deep Failure
Tidying your physical space allows you to tend to your psychological space.
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Allow Physical Space Yourself
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
A joy-filled home is like your own personal art museum
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Art Happiness Museum Personal 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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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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