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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

People who use the KonMari Method never revert to clutter again.
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Clutter Method People
Everyone needs a sanctuary.
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Need One Liner Sanctuary
Never, ever tie up your stockings. Never, ever ball up your socks. ―Marie Kondo
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Clothes Tying Yourself
The true purpose of a present is to be received.
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Present Purpose True
Our parents demanded that we clean up our rooms, but they too, had never been trained in how to do that. When it comes to tidying, we are all self-taught.
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Cleaning Demand Ourselves Parents Teaching Training
Your real life begins after putting your house in order.
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Beginning Home Life Order Reality Yourself
Only you can know what kind of environment makes you feel happy.
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Environment Feeling Happiness Kind Yourself
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 purpose of a letter is fulfilled the moment it is received.
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Fulfill Letter Moments Purpose Recieve
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
Activity clutter comes from the things we do that take up precious time and sap our energy but don’t make a meaningful difference to our personal, professional, or even company’s mission.
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Activity Clutter Company Difference Energy Meaning Mission Personal Precious Professional Time
Don’t forget that the god of tidying up is always on your side as long as you are committed to getting it done.
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Commitment Forget God Yourself
We may think that we have stored things to suit our behavior, but usually we have unconsciously adjusted our actions to match where things are stored.
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Action Behavior Store Thinking Unconscious
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
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
Letting go is even more important than adding.
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Add Important Let Go One Liner 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
Your storage space is your private paradise, so personalize it to the fullest.
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Paradise Privacy Space Storage Yourself
Cherish the things you love. Cherish yourself.
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Cherish Love Yourself
If you want to meet a beautiful home that is just right for you, take good care of the one you live in now.
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Beautiful Care Goodness Home Live Right
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
To throw away what you no longer need is neither wasteful nor shameful.
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Away Need Shame Waste
Tidying is the act of confronting yourself.
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Act Yourself
If you are going to buy clothes, choose them with the intention of welcoming them into your home and caring for them.
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Care Clothes Home Intention Welcome
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
One reason so many of us never succeed at tidying is because we have too much stuff.
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Cleaning Reason Success
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

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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