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Believe what your heart tells you when you ask, Does this spark joy?

Marie Kondo

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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Clear Effort Possible Reason
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
The best method is to experiment and enjoy the process.
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Best Enjoyment Experiment Method Process
Many people have equated my tidying method with minimalism, but it’s quite different.
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Different Equation Minimalism Myself People Quite
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
Believe what your heart tells you when you ask, Does this spark joy?
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Believe Happiness Heart Myself
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
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
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
Everyone needs a sanctuary.
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Need One Liner Sanctuary
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
Through the process of selecting only those things that inspire joy, you can identify precisely what you love and what you need.
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Happiness Identify Need Process Selection Yourself
People who can’t stay tidy can be categorized into just three types: ‘the can’t throw it away type’, ‘the can’t put it back type’, and ‘the first-two-combined’ type.
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Category People Type
The purpose of a letter is fulfilled the moment it is received.
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Fulfill Letter Moments Purpose Recieve
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

Believe what your heart tells you when you ask, Does this spark joy?

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