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Before Marie Kondo stormed into the global consciousness, Hideko Yamashita taught Japan the art of creating tidier spaces. “In many ways, having to face our things is like having to face ourselves,” ...

For me, the hardest part of decluttering is letting go of stuff. I'll find any excuse in the book to hold on to something if the scarcity mindset creeps in — a simple "what if" is enough to earn an ...