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The real tragedy is to live your entire life without anything that brings you joy and never even realize it.

Marie Kondo

Caring for your possessions is the best way to motivate them to support you, their owner.
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Best Care Motivational Possession Way 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
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
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.
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Believe Celebration Home Myself
Only you can know what kind of environment makes you feel happy.
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Environment Feeling Happiness Kind Yourself
Storage, after all, is the sacred act of choosing a home for my belongings.
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Home Sacred Storage
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
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
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
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 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
To throw away what you no longer need is neither wasteful nor shameful.
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Away Need Shame Waste
Never discard anything without saying thank you and good-bye.
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Goodbye Leave Thankful
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
Letting go is even more important than adding.
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Add Important Let Go One Liner Yourself
The true purpose of a present is to be received.
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Present Purpose True

The real tragedy is to live your entire life without anything that brings you joy and never even realize it.

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