black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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.

Marie Kondo

If you live with your family, first clearly define separate storage spaces for each family member.
MARIE KONDO

Definition Family Live Space Storage
If you have reduced your possessions but feel no joy at home, try gathering selected items that you really love in one spot to create your own special space.
MARIE KONDO

Creation Feeling Home Love Place Possession Reduce Select
I believe that tidying is a celebration, a special send-off for those things that will be departing from the house, and therefore I dress accordingly.
MARIE KONDO

Believe Celebration Home Myself
Clutter is caused by a failure to return things to where they belong.
MARIE KONDO

Clutter Deep Failure
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?
MARIE KONDO

Care Low Need Point Separate
Your storage space is your private paradise, so personalize it to the fullest.
MARIE KONDO

Paradise Privacy Space Storage Yourself
I begin my course with these words: Tidying is a special event. Don’t do it every day.
MARIE KONDO

Beginning Course Day Myself
Many people have equated my tidying method with minimalism, but it’s quite different.
MARIE KONDO

Different Equation Minimalism Myself People Quite
To throw away what you no longer need is neither wasteful nor shameful.
MARIE KONDO

Away Need Shame Waste
Your past will become a weight that holds you back and keeps you from living in the here and now. To put things in order means to put your past in order, too.
MARIE KONDO

Hold Live Order Past Weight Yourself
A joy-filled home is like your own personal art museum
MARIE KONDO

Art Happiness Museum Personal Room
Everyone needs a sanctuary.
MARIE KONDO

Need One Liner Sanctuary
In essence, tidying ought to be the act of restoring balance among people, their possessions, and the house they live in.
MARIE KONDO

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.
MARIE KONDO

Category People Type
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.
MARIE KONDO

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.
MARIE KONDO

Action Behavior Store Thinking Unconscious

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Marie Kondo Quotes