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We live in this moment. Who you are now is more important than memories of your past. Be good to yourself.

Marie Kondo

Your real life begins after putting your house in order.
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Beginning Home Life Order Reality Yourself
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
Although we can get to know ourselves better by sitting down and analyzing our characteristics or by listening to others’ perspectives on us, I believe that tidying is the best way.
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Analyze Better Character Myself Perspective Way
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
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
Clutter is caused by a failure to return things to where they belong.
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Clutter Deep Failure
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 have yet to see a house that lacked sufficient storage. The real problem is that we have far more than we need or want.
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Home Need Problem Reality Storage
The ultimate secret of success is this: If you tidy up in one shot, rather than little by little, you can dramatically change your mindset.
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Change Drama Mindset Secret Shot Ultimate Yourself
People with large book collections are almost always diligent learners.
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Book Collection Learning People
Our parents demanded that we clean up our rooms, but they too, had never been trained in how to do that. When it comes to tidying, we are all self-taught.
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Cleaning Demand Ourselves Parents Teaching Training
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.
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Believe Celebration Home Myself
The purpose of a letter is fulfilled the moment it is received.
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Fulfill Letter Moments Purpose Recieve
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
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
To throw away what you no longer need is neither wasteful nor shameful.
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Away Need Shame Waste

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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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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