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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

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
Tidying your physical space allows you to tend to your psychological space.
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Allow Physical Space Yourself
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
Tidying orders and relaxes the mind.
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Mindset Order Relax
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
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
Only you can know what kind of environment makes you feel happy.
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Environment Feeling Happiness Kind Yourself
From the moment you start tidying, you will be compelled to reset your life. As a result, your life will start to change.
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Change Life Moments Reset Start Yourself
Taking good care of your things leads to taking good care of yourself.
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Care Goodness Leadership Yourself
If you use the right method and concentrate your efforts on eliminating clutter thoroughly and completely within a short span of time, you’ll see instant results that will empower you to keep your space in order after.
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Cleaning Effort Elimination Method Order Result Right Space Time Yourself
Believe what your heart tells you when you ask, Does this spark joy?
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Believe Happiness Heart Myself
Discard first, store later.
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Discard Store Throw
We amass material things for the same reason that we eat—to satisfy a craving. Buying on impulse and eating and drinking to excess are attempts to alleviate stress.
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Material Reason Satisfaction Stress
To throw away what you no longer need is neither wasteful nor shameful.
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Away Need Shame Waste
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
Follow your intuition and all will be well.
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Follow Health Intuition Willing

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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