Friday, November 26, 2010

Making a mess of life

Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things by Randy O. Frost & Gail Steketee

You’ve been looking for something for days. The last time you had it, you put it down here. Right over here, and now you can’t find it.

But that’s no surprise. You’re always shifting a pile of something from table to counter to desk and back, and things get lost. As soon as you get some of those plastic bins, you’ll get organized. A little mess is normal, right?

That depends on how much is “a little”. In the fascinating new book Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things by Randy O. Frost and Gail Steketee, you’ll see how possessions could make a mess of your life..." More

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