{"id":1347,"date":"2013-01-23T19:03:42","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T01:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/?p=1347"},"modified":"2013-01-23T11:45:27","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T17:45:27","slug":"hoarder-more-likely-challenging-disorganization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jenniferlinnig.com\/wordpress\/2013\/01\/hoarder-more-likely-challenging-disorganization\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoarder? More Likely Challenging Disorganization."},"content":{"rendered":"

With the proliferation of television shows about hoarding, many people see hoarders around them.\u00a0 Or think they do.\u00a0 It\u2019s a pet peeve of mine that every person who has \u201ctoo much stuff\u201d is now deemed a hoarder.\u00a0 Never mind that \u201ctoo much stuff\u201d is extremely subjective, hoarding is quite a bit more complex than to be simply about too much stuff.\u00a0 Therefore, let\u2019s explore different aspects about stuff and see if we can clear up these misconceptions about hoarding.\u00a0 (If you want the more technical information about hoarding, see my post, “Defining Hoarding.”<\/a>)<\/p>\n

As I already stated, it\u2019s about more than stuff.\u00a0 I\u2019ll admit it; I have a lot of stuff.\u00a0 Even \u201ctoo much stuff.\u201d\u00a0 As my husband and I have gone through various rooms, I\u2019m amazed by the amount of excess we find hidden away, forgotten about.\u00a0 And the large piles that I set out to be donated have shocked me and we have more to go.\u00a0 The people I work with have varying amount of stuff; some quite a bit and some hidden away in closets and drawers where it doesn\u2019t \u201clook\u201d cluttered.\u00a0 Yet, we each want something different from our spaces \u2013 from the desire to be surrounded to the desire to have the open space (see my entry, \u201cEnvisioning Your Space\u201d<\/a>).\u00a0 Believe it or not, there\u2019s no one right way for a space to look and that means someone somewhere will think that there\u2019s \u201ctoo much stuff\u201d there.<\/p>\n

What is your relationship to your stuff?\u00a0 This is one of the features that help to distinguish what is happening with the stuff around you.\u00a0 I laughing cringe at the idea of getting rid of my media \u2013 those books, CDs, and movies and yet, that is exactly what I have been slowly doing.\u00a0 My movie collection has been cut by more than half and it feels good.\u00a0 Removing all outside obstacles, what happens to you when you decide to get rid of things?\u00a0 Those obstacles can be:<\/p>\n