Raising Pomodoro

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Ah, my sink is shining again. Determined to make it work for me this time. #flylady #shineyoursink #31babysteps #cleaning #yellowcountertop #ceramicsink

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Learned something new today! #pittingolives #cooking http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/cooking-tips-techniques/pitting-olive

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Haven't made much progress decluttering in the past few weeks and it's time to get back on track. I'm starting with putting things back to where they were and would like to continue #tidyingup. This morning I finally restored all my clean clothes back to their #postkonmariclothing state and my favorite drawers #sparkjoy again! #babysteps!

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Manifesto

Here’s the thing, I already know how to be myself, and yet I’m too scared to be me.

I’m perpetually looking for validations: finding mentors whose values I agree with; books, philosophies, ideas, experiments in psychology that I identify with. I already know what I like and dislike, but I want others to say the same thing so I can comfortably be, hm, me.

Why is that? Is it lack of self confidence? Insecurities? I’m not quite sure yet.

I’m going to teach myself how to be myself. There.

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Happy August! I realized mid-July the format of #minsgame is no longer helping me as much. It's a good starting point, though. There are still things to get rid off but I'm going to focus on keeping and organizing what #sparkjoy instead. Here's a glimpse of my #postkonmarikomono medicine cabinet. Keep on #tidyingup!

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來來來，喝完了這杯再 #減肥 吧！🍺

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Just because there will always be room for improvement doesn't mean that we can't do better than we're currently doing. We can and we should. The question is how.

Alfie Kohn, Unconditional Parenting

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Here's my #postkonmaripaper with a #gtd twist. I've been struggling with paper for YEARS and I'm finally in a good place. #tidyingup #konmari

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Spent the last 5 to 10 minutes collecting a #hairball the size of an apple (logo on a 15" MacBook Pro.) This will save me at least one cat puke cleanup in the future, right? Right??

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From deep contentment comes the courage to achieve.

Alfie Kohn, Unconditional Parenting

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Few parents have the courage and independence to care more for their children's happiness than for their success.

Erich Fromm

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Day 9 of the 2nd round of #minsgame: junk mails and random documents on the dining table and kitchen counter; recycled. I can never seem to keep these two surfaces clean but at the very least I got rid of whatever I can today. Now we can display the #tomatoes from our garden. ❤️🍅 #declutter

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Day 10 & 11 of the 2nd round of #minsgame: 10+11+1 random items from two bathrooms; trashed. I am officially done #怦然心動的人生整理魔法 our bathrooms! I guess it's time to clean and organize them? 🙀

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"The primary message of all types of conditional parenting is that children must earn a parent’s love. A steady diet of that, Rogers warned, and children might eventually need a therapist to provide the unconditional acceptance they didn’t get when it counted."

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Here are most of my #postkonmaribooks. The books that our boy enjoys - photography, comic, and Harry Potter books - fill up another shelf in the family-shared bookcase. Currently I own about 150 books and I think I can reduce more over time. I actually took the time to (re)read several books I owned already and decided that they have already served their purposes. It gets better from here! #konmari #tidyingup #lifechangingmagic #declutter #sparkjoy #怦然心動的人生整理魔法

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Day 8 of the 2nd round of #minsgame: 8 toothbrushes; trashed. We stopped taking goodie bags from the dentist for awhile now but still have more low quality toothbrushes than we'll ever need. It's frustrating to see how many useless stuff came into our space in stealth. Btw I'm a little tired of posting photos of #garbage. I mean, these are not even things that helped me in anyway unless they're helping me to realize how much stuff that I *don't* need. Grumble. #declutter

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Day 6 & 7 of the 2nd round of #minsgame: 12 pieces of hair accessories; donated. Need to borrow 1 item from previous days 'cause I ran out of things to throw away in this category. Yay? #KonMari #komono #tidyingup #lifechangingmagic #declutter