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When Everything Has a Place
Put everything in its place
We don't have to live with clutter. We also don't have to live with limited personal items. There is a middle ground: put everything in its place.
When your stuff doesn't have a place, it feels juke junk because you approach it like junk, eventually throwing it out like junk. All it needs is to be put in its place.
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Put everything in its place
We don't have to live with clutter. We also don't have to live with limited personal items. There is a middle ground: put everything in its place.
When your stuff doesn't have a place, it feels juke junk because you approach it like junk, eventually throwing it out like junk. All it needs is to be put in its place.
Organizing clutter
Clutter has less to do with what you have and more with where it goes.
- Use your given limits.
- Prioritize a place for your important things.
You will then see what doesn't belong in your home simply because it doesn't have a place.
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