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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

This #1 New York Times best-selling guide to decluttering your home from Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes readers step-by-step through her revolutionary KonMari Method for simplifying, organizing, and storing. Despite co

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“Therefore, the best criterion for choosing what to keep and what to discard is whether keeping it will make you happy, whether it will bring you joy.”

— Maria Kondo, amazon.com

Tagged: Life Hacks, Decluttering, Throwing Things Away, New Lifestyle, Reset Your Life

“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.”

— Maria Kondo, amazon.com

Tagged: Life Hacks, Decluttering, Throwing Things Away, New Lifestyle, Reset Your Life

“Clutter has only two possible causes: too much effort is required to put things away or it is unclear where things belong.”

— Marie Kondo, amazon.com

Tagged: Clutter, Live Simple, Throw Things Away, Why Clutter Exists

“It is not our memories but the person we have become because of those past experiences that we should treasure. This is the lesson these keepsakes teach us when we sort them. The space in which we live should be for the person we are becoming now, not for the person we were in the past.”

— Marie Kondo, amazon.com

Tagged: Nostalgia, Memory Hoarder, Let It Go, Move On, Past

“Clutter has only two possible causes: too much effort is required to put things away or it is unclear where things belong.”

— Marie Kondo, amazon.com

Tagged: Design, Tidy Up, Clean, Minimalism, Organization

“One reason so many of us never succeed at tidying is because we have too much stuff. This excess is caused by our ignorance of how much we actually own. When we disperse storage of a particular item throughout the house and tidy one place at a time, we can never grasp the overall volume and therefor…”

— Marie Kondo, amazon.com

Tagged: How To Organize, Tidy Up

“When your room is clean and uncluttered, you have no choice but to examine your inner state.”

— Marie Kondo, amazon.com

Tagged: Minimalism, Declutter, Simple, Clean, Rooms