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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.

Marie Kondo

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
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
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
Warranties are only used once a year if at all. What point is there in carefully sorting and separating them when the odds that they will be needed are so low?
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Care Low Need Point Separate
The true purpose of a present is to be received.
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Present Purpose True
If you use the right method and concentrate your efforts on eliminating clutter thoroughly and completely within a short span of time, you’ll see instant results that will empower you to keep your space in order after.
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Cleaning Effort Elimination Method Order Result Right Space Time Yourself
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
Putting your house in order is the magic that creates a vibrant and happy life.
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Creation Happiness Home Life Magic Order
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
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
Clutter is caused by a failure to return things to where they belong.
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Clutter Deep Failure
Cherish the things you love. Cherish yourself.
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Cherish Love Yourself
No matter how wonderful things used to be, we cannot live in the past. The joy and excitement we feel here and now are more important.
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Excitement Important Live Past Wonderful
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
It is only when you put your house in order that your furniture and decorations come to life.
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Decoration Furniture Home Life Order
Taking good care of your things leads to taking good care of yourself.
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Care Goodness Leadership 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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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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