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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.

Marie Kondo

Only you can know what kind of environment makes you feel happy.
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Environment Feeling Happiness Kind Yourself
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
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
Never discard anything without saying thank you and good-bye.
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Goodbye Leave Thankful
Tidying is the act of confronting yourself.
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Act 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
The lives of those who tidy thoroughly and completely, in a single shot, are without exception dramatically altered.
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Complete Drama Exception Live
The real tragedy is to live your entire life without anything that brings you joy and never even realize it.
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Happiness Life Reality Realize Tragedy
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
Your real life begins after putting your house in order.
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Beginning Home Life Order Reality Yourself
I begin my course with these words: Tidying is a special event. Don’t do it every day.
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Beginning Course Day Myself
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
Your storage space is your private paradise, so personalize it to the fullest.
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Paradise Privacy Space Storage Yourself
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
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

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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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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