Decluttering: Having trouble letting objects go is perfectly normal
But, given the tools, people can choose to help themselves let go of old ideas and behaviours.
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People given an object typically place more value on it than they assign to a similar object they don’t own.
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Emily Falk
When I came across old high school notebooks of mine while helping my mum declutter my childhood home, I knew I should throw them away.
Even if I’d wanted to brush up on Latin American history, they would have been a poor resource. And yet, I didn’t want to let go.