Despite our best efforts, it can often feel like we are constantly accumulating “stuff.” Sometimes it’s easy to trace where it all comes from: a well-intentioned but unwanted gift, an impulse buy at the checkout, the purchase that represented the person you could become if you just made this one change. Other times, it just amasses, until your cabinets are fit to bursting and you’re not even sure what’s inside.
At the extreme end of the spectrum, you have hoarding, which is a serious behavior that needs careful treatment. But for most of us, having too much stuff is simply impractical. A poor use of space, an inefficient way to find what you need, when you need it. Maybe a source of guilt, when we think about the environmental impact and the money wasted. This is such a common phenomenon that we’ve created an activity purely to address this accumulation: decluttering. But sometimes, we need a little extra help.
