Marie Kondo
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Warm and fuzzy.
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Great. It feels wonderful – like a firework going off in your stomach.
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My trust in other people. I am rigorously honest.
I wanted to be in the army or a spy in the intelligence service.
My children obviously, but also my work.
Gossip and backstabbing.
Poetry. I start getting into a float state, and write stanzas and couplets in the middle of the night.
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