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Marie Kondō
Store everything similar in the same place or in close proximity. Don’t disperse your storage space.
two categories for frequency of use: things I use often and things I don’t.
When you are choosing what to keep, ask your heart; when you are choosing where to store something, ask your house.
If you have storage space that should be sufficient yet falls short, try standing things vertically.
the only storage items you need are plain old drawers and boxes—
the boxes that contain many Apple products are the right size and design for storage,
I recommend using them as dividers in your drawers.
Rather than buying something to make do for now, wait until you have completed the entire process and then take your time looking for storage items that you really like.
place one bag inside another
The key is to put the same type of bags together.
Dividing by material and/or by type of use means that you only need to take out one set whenever you need a handbag.
the best way to store purses, handbags, and other bags is to make sets according to the material, size, and frequency of use and to store them one inside the other, like nested boxes. All straps and handles should be left in plain view.
Line up these sets in your closet or wardrobe where you can see them.
Empty your bag every day
empty your bag every day.
my policy to keep everything out of the bath or shower.
Whatever is used in the bath should be dried after use
much quicker and easier to clean the bath or shower without these items cluttering that space,
a counter is for preparing food, not for storing things.
Make the top shelf of the bookcase your personal shrine
I recommend the top shelf in a bookcase because locating it above eye level makes it more shrine-like.
One theme underlying my method of tidying is transforming the home into a sacred space, a power spot filled with pure energy.
Decorate your closet with your secret delights
Your room at least should be the one place where you can pursue and enjoy your interests to your heart’s content.
Transform your closet into your own private space, one that gives you a thrill of pleasure.
Unpack and de-tag new clothes immediately
have far more stock than they need.
the only difference between packaged goods in your drawer and those in the store is the place where they are kept.
buy only what you need, remove all items from their packages immediately, and put them away.
Stockings take up 25 percent less room once they are out of the package and folded up.
clothes in a store are products, whereas clothes in the home are personal possessions.
A deluge of information whenever you open a closet door makes a room feel “noisy.”
if the words are in your own language, they jump into your line of vision, and your brain treats them as information to be sorted.
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eliminating excess visual information that doesn’t inspire joy, you can make your space much more peaceful and comfortable.
homework assignments I give my clients is to appreciate their belongings.
caring for your possessions is the best way to motivate them to support you, their owner.
Put your house in order and discover what you really want to do
At their core, the things we really like do not change over time. Putting your house in order is a great way to discover what they are.
letting go is even more important than adding.”
The lives of those who tidy thoroughly and completely, in a single shot, are without exception dramatically altered.
one of the magical effects of tidying is confidence in your decision-making capacity.
Tidying means taking each item in your hand, asking yourself whether it sparks joy, and deciding on this basis whether or not to keep it. By repeating this process hundreds and thousands of times, we naturally hone our decision-making skills.
But when we really delve into the
reasons for why we can’t let something go, there are only two: an attachment to the past or a fear for the future.
you’ll begin to see a pattern in your ownership of things, a pattern that falls into one of three categories: attachment to the past, desire for stability in the future, or a combination of both.
The question of what you want to own is actually the question of how you want to live your life.
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.
I am not saying that my clients have never regretted discarding something. Far from it. You should expect this to happen at least three times during the tidying process,
tidying ought to be the act of restoring balance among people, their possessions, and the house they live in.
