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One reason so many of us never succeed at tidying is because we have too much stuff.

Marie Kondo

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
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
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
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
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
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
In Japan, we say that words make our reality. The words we see and with which we come into contact tend to bring about events of the same nature.
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Contact Nature Ourselves Reality Word
Cherish the things you love. Cherish yourself.
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Cherish Love Yourself
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
The true purpose of a present is to be received.
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Present Purpose True
Only you can know what kind of environment makes you feel happy.
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Environment Feeling Happiness Kind Yourself
Your storage space is your private paradise, so personalize it to the fullest.
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Paradise Privacy Space Storage Yourself
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
One reason so many of us never succeed at tidying is because we have too much stuff.
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Cleaning Reason Success
People with large book collections are almost always diligent learners.
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Book Collection Learning People
Tidying your physical space allows you to tend to your psychological space.
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Allow Physical Space Yourself

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