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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.

Marie Kondo

Clutter is caused by a failure to return things to where they belong.
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Clutter Deep Failure
Just because you dispose of something does not mean you give up past experiences or your identity.
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Dispose Experience Identity Past
The best method is to experiment and enjoy the process.
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Best Enjoyment Experiment Method Process
Never discard anything without saying thank you and good-bye.
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Goodbye Leave Thankful
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
Discard first, store later.
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Discard Store Throw
You could say that tidying orders the mind while cleaning purifies it.
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Cleaning Mindset Order Purity
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
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
Taking good care of your things leads to taking good care of yourself.
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Care Goodness Leadership 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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Hold Live Order Past Weight Yourself
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
The purpose of a letter is fulfilled the moment it is received.
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Fulfill Letter Moments Purpose Recieve
Being surrounded by things that bring joy makes you happy
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Happiness Joy Surround Yourself
Letting go is even more important than adding.
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Add Important Let Go One Liner Yourself
To truly cherish the things that are important to you, you must first discard those that have outlived their purpose. To throw away what you no longer need is neither wasteful nor shameful.
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Cherish Important Purpose Shame Wasted Yourself

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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