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Through the process of selecting only those things that inspire joy, you can identify precisely what you love and what you need.

Marie Kondo

Clutter is caused by a failure to return things to where they belong.
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Clutter Deep Failure
Now imagine yourself living in a space that contains only things that spark joy. Isn’t this the lifestyle you dream of?
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Dreams Happiness Imagination Lifestyle Space Yourself
People who use the KonMari Method never revert to clutter again.
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Clutter Method People
Your real life begins after putting your house in order.
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Beginning Home Life Order Reality Yourself
I recommend you dispose of anything that does not fall into one of three categories: currently in use, needed for a limited period of time, or must be kept indefinitely.
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Category Limitation Recommend Time
Tidying orders and relaxes the mind.
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Mindset Order Relax
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
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
Clutter also adversely affects health. According to a study by scientists at UCLA, being surrounded by too many things increases cortisol levels, a primary stress hormone.
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Adversity Affect Clutter Health Hormone Level Primary Stress
I’m sure most of us have been scolded for not tidying up our rooms, but how many of our parents consciously taught us how to tidy as part of our upbringing?
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Childhood Cleaning Habit Ourselves Parents Room
The best method is to experiment and enjoy the process.
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Best Enjoyment Experiment Method Process
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
Believe what your heart tells you when you ask, Does this spark joy?
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Believe Happiness Heart Myself
When your room is clean and uncluttered, you have no choice but to examine your inner state.
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Choice Cleaning Examination Room State
A joy-filled home is like your own personal art museum
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Art Happiness Museum Personal Room
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

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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