storage should reduce the effort needed to put things away, not the effort needed to get them out.

SORT BY CATEGORY, in the correct order, and keep only those things that inspire joy. Do this thoroughly and quickly, all in one go.

This suggests that caring for your possessions is the best way to motivate them to support you, their owner. When you treat your belongings well, they will always respond in kind.

Buying on impulse and eating and drinking to excess are attempts to alleviate stress.

The question of what you want to own is actually the question of how you want to live your life.

We amass material things for the same reason that we eat – to satisfy a craving.

For the best results, I ask that you hold faithfully to the following rule: tidy in the right order. As we’ve seen, there are only two tasks involved – discarding and deciding where to keep things. Just two, but discarding must come first. Be sure to completely finish the first task before starting the next. Do not even think of putting your things

Believe what your heart tells you when you ask, ‘Does this spark joy?’ If you act on that intuition, you will be amazed at how things will begin to connect in your life and at the dramatic changes that follow. It is as if your life has been touched by magic. Putting your house in order is the magic that creates a vibrant and happy life.

You can solve your storage problems with things you already have in the house. The most common item I use is an empty shoebox. I