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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.

Marie Kondo

Storage, after all, is the sacred act of choosing a home for my belongings.
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Home Sacred Storage
Clutter has only two possible causes: too much effort is required to put things away or it is unclear where things belong.
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Clear Effort Possible Reason
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
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
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
You could say that tidying orders the mind while cleaning purifies it.
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Cleaning Mindset Order Purity
If you want to meet a beautiful home that is just right for you, take good care of the one you live in now.
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Beautiful Care Goodness Home Live Right
Start with clothes, then move on to books, papers, komono (miscellany), and finally things with sentimental value.
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Book Clothes Emotion Paper Start Value
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
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
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
One reason so many of us never succeed at tidying is because we have too much stuff.
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Cleaning Reason Success
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
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
When deciding how to spend your time, remember: Don’t trade an activity you’d love to pursue for a reward you don’t value.
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Activity Decision Pursue Remember Reward Time Value
When your room is clean and uncluttered, you have no choice but to examine your inner state.
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Choice Cleaning Examination Room State

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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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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