You can’t be too rich, or too thin, but you can have too much stuff.

People have a hard time parting with their possessions.  I imagine it is part of our DNA, this urge to horde away.  We lost the ability to live lean when we gave up our nomadic ways and began to plant. 

Here we are, hundreds of generations later.  Today, unlike our ancestors, too much stuff indicates lack of security, lack of control.  Most people recognize that we are sickening ourselves and complicating our lives with too much stuff.  That all this consuming is not adding to our quality of life. 

Breaking the urge to collect is hard,  but none the less is freeing.  I advise my clients to really analyze what they use, and what they NEED.  Unhealthy attachments can be corrected.  Giving things away items FEELS GOOD. 

I had a client a few years ago that owned 3 antique Secretaries.  All heirlooms, yes, but they did make walking into the Dining Room difficult.  Once we decided which one to keep, it made the next decision easier.  We kept items that belonged to the owners of the other two.  My client didn’t feel any less connected to her heritage.  And she could finally breathe without blowing over a stack of stuff.