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Tidying is the act of confronting yourself.

Marie Kondo

A person’s awareness and perspective on his or her own lifestyle are far more important than any skill at sorting, storing, or whatever.
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Awareness Important Lifestyle Person Perspective Segregation
Tidying orders and relaxes the mind.
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Mindset Order Relax
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
Everyone needs a sanctuary.
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Need One Liner Sanctuary
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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Home Need Problem Reality Storage
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
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
Your storage space is your private paradise, so personalize it to the fullest.
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Paradise Privacy Space Storage 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
Storage, after all, is the sacred act of choosing a home for my belongings.
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Home Sacred 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
Cherish the things you love. Cherish yourself.
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Cherish Love Yourself
Reducing the amount of stuff in our space also reduces the amount of dust, and we actually clean more often.
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Cleaning Reduce Space
Only you can know what kind of environment makes you feel happy.
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Environment Feeling Happiness Kind Yourself
The lives of those who tidy thoroughly and completely, in a single shot, are without exception dramatically altered.
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Complete Drama Exception Live
One reason so many of us never succeed at tidying is because we have too much stuff.
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Cleaning Reason Success

Tidying is the act of confronting yourself.

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