The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing (Magic Cleaning #1)

by Marie Kondō

To put your things in order means to put your past in order, too.

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The space in which we live should be for the person we are becoming now, not for the person we were in the past.

For people who stockpile, I don’t think there is any amount that would make them feel secure. The more they have, the more they worry about running out and the more

The process of facing and selecting our possessions can be quite painful. It forces us to confront our imperfections and inadequacies and the foolish choices we made in the past.

tidying has this effect is because through this process people come to know contentment.