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The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
It explores how putting your space in order causes correspondingly dramatic changes in lifestyle and perspective.
Marie Kondo, the author, recommends that you start by discarding and only then thoroughly organize your space in one go.
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The problem with storage
Putting things away creates the illusion that the clutter problem has been solved.
Organizing all your junk better does not equal getting rid of clutter. And unfortunately most people leap at storage methods that promise quick and convenient ways to remove visible clutter.
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Tidy by category, not by location
For example, set goals like “clothes today, books tomorrow.”
We often store the same type of item in more than one place and when we tidy each place separately, we fail to see that we’re repeating the same work in many locations.
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2 essential actions of tidying
- Discarding - getting rid of everything you don’t need, by asking “Does this spark joy?”, while holding the items, one by one;
- Deciding where to store things;
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Starting The Decluttering Process
- Start clearing out your garage, closets and other spaces in instalments, like for 15 to 20 minutes per day, five days a week.
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