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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

The best method is to experiment and enjoy the process.
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Best Enjoyment Experiment Method Process
Therefore, storage should reduce the effort needed to put things away, not the effort needed to get them out.
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Effort Need Reduce Storage
The true purpose of a present is to be received.
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Present Purpose True
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
People who use the KonMari Method never revert to clutter again.
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Clutter Method People
Tidying is just a tool, not the final destination. The true goal should be to establish the lifestyle you want most once your house has been put in order.
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Destination Establishment Goal Order True
Everyone needs a sanctuary.
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Need One Liner Sanctuary
Only you can know what kind of environment makes you feel happy.
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Environment Feeling Happiness Kind Yourself
Tidying your physical space allows you to tend to your psychological space.
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Allow Physical Space Yourself
All you need to do is take the time to sit down and examine each item you own, decide whether you want to keep or discard it, and then choose where to put what you keep.
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Choice Decision Discard Need Time Yourself
Human beings can only truly cherish a limited number of things at one time. As I am both lazy and forgetful, I can’t take proper care of too many things.
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Care Cherish Forget Limitation Myself True
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
Never, ever tie up your stockings. Never, ever ball up your socks. ―Marie Kondo
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Clothes Tying Yourself
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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Mindset People Room Thinking
Never discard anything without saying thank you and good-bye.
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Goodbye Leave Thankful
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
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
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.
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Action Behavior Store Thinking Unconscious
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
Your storage space is your private paradise, so personalize it to the fullest.
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Paradise Privacy Space Storage Yourself
Storage, after all, is the sacred act of choosing a home for my belongings.
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Home Sacred Storage
Being surrounded by things that bring joy makes you happy
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Happiness Joy Surround Yourself
Follow your intuition and all will be well.
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Follow Health Intuition Willing
To throw away what you no longer need is neither wasteful nor shameful.
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Away Need Shame Waste
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
Many people have equated my tidying method with minimalism, but it’s quite different.
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Different Equation Minimalism Myself People Quite

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