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Clutter has only two possible causes: too much effort is required to put things away or it is unclear where things belong.

Marie Kondo

The true purpose of a present is to be received.
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Present Purpose True
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
Believe what your heart tells you when you ask, Does this spark joy?
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Believe Happiness Heart Myself
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
Tidy a little a day and you’ll be tidying forever.
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Cleaning Day Forever Yourself
Clutter also adversely affects health. According to a study by scientists at UCLA, being surrounded by too many things increases cortisol levels, a primary stress hormone.
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Adversity Affect Clutter Health Hormone Level Primary Stress
One reason so many of us never succeed at tidying is because we have too much stuff.
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Cleaning Reason Success
To throw away what you no longer need is neither wasteful nor shameful.
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Away Need Shame Waste
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
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
As for you, pour your time and passion into what brings you the most joy, your mission in life.
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Happiness Life Mission Passion Time Yourself
Letting go is even more important than adding.
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Add Important Let Go One Liner Yourself
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
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
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.
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Creation Feeling Home Love Place Possession Reduce Select
Taking good care of your things leads to taking good care of yourself.
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Care Goodness Leadership Yourself
Everyone needs a sanctuary.
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Need One Liner Sanctuary
Putting your house in order is the magic that creates a vibrant and happy life.
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Creation Happiness Home Life Magic Order
Tidying is the act of confronting yourself.
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Act Yourself
Be sure to completely finish the first task before starting the next.
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Complete Start Task
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.
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Hold Live Order Past Weight Yourself
It is only when you put your house in order that your furniture and decorations come to life.
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Decoration Furniture Home Life Order
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
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
Follow your intuition and all will be well.
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Follow Health Intuition Willing
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

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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