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

by Marie Kondō

The whole point in both discarding and keeping things is to be happy.

Gathering every item in one place is essential to this process because it gives you an accurate grasp of how much you have.

In addition to the physical value of things, there are three other factors that add value to our belongings: function, information, and emotional attachment.

Papers are organized into only three categories: needs attention, should be saved (contractual documents), and should be saved (others).

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.