There are many things we can take away from Marie Kondo’s Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. We’re drowning in excess stuff, and many of us are seeking self-help strategies to simplify and streamline ...

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For five months, I lived across the street from a restaurant, in the heart of Florence, Italy. It wasn’t even a street, really, but more of a cobblestone passage, just wide enough for one of those ...

Her kids have kept their rooms clean for a month, and the family has instituted a short cleanup period before bed each night that lasts five to 15 minutes. "It's a feeling of contentment," Ms. Gimm ...