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(The following content is a summary of Marie Kondo's book on tidying up. I have just attempted to make it more concise and easy to understand with appropriate headings, highlights, bullets and pictures.) If you, too, don’t know how to tidy, don’t be discouraged. Now is the time to learn. By studying and applying the KonMari Method presented in this book, you can escape the vicious cycle of clutter. MYTH ONE “If you tidy your house all at once, you’ll rebound. It’s better to make it a habit to do a little at a time.”  Although this advice sounds very tempting, we’ve already seen that the first part is wrong. How about the suggestion that we should do only a little a day? Although it sounds convincing, don’t be fooled. The reason you never seem to finish is precisely because you tidy a little at a time.   MYTH TWO “Don’t aim for perfection. Start off slowly and discard just one item a day.”  What lovely words to ease the hearts of those who lack confidence in their ability ...

   There are six basic rules to get started: 1. COMMIT YOURSELF TO TIDYING UP. Committing to decluttering and organizing your space is half the battle. Once you commit yourself to tidying up your home, you can apply the method and spark more joy in your life. 2. IMAGINE YOUR IDEAL LIFESTYLE. Before you begin the KonMari checklist, ask yourself why you want to tidy up and what your life will look like once you are done with the process. Dreaming up the outcome helps spark motivation and keeps you in check when putting things away in the future. 3. FINISH DISCARDING FIRST.  One of the key aspects of the KonMari method is to get rid of unwanted items first — that way all you are left with is what needs to be organized. Before discarding, thank each item for serving its purpose. 4. TIDY BY CATEGORY, NOT LOCATION. 4  Another big part of the KonMari method is tackling one thing at a time and organizing your efforts by category, not location. For example, it’s not about cle...

 The Daniel Fast is a religious partial fast in which meat, wine, and other rich foods are avoided in favor of vegetables and water for typically three weeks in order to be more sensitive to God. The fast is based on the lifelong kosher diet of the Jewish hero Daniel in the Biblical Book of Daniel and the three-week mourning fast in which Daniel abstained from all meat and wine. The Daniel Fast can also be as short as 10 days. The passage in Chapter 1 refers to a 10-day test wherein Daniel and others with him were permitted to eat vegetables and water to avoid the Babylonian king's food and wine. After remaining healthy at the end of the 10-day period, they continued the vegetable diet for the three years of their education. The passage in Chapter 10 refers to a three-week fast of no meat, wine, or rich food. The Daniel Fast limits food choices to whole grains, fruits, vegetables, beans, nuts, and seeds. It prescribes the vegan diet in that it excludes the consumption of animal pro...