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But you somehow have…no chapsticks?

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Do some people surround themselves with pets to avoid figuring out how to deal with other people?

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Please get rid of anything that looks like a litter of puppies has been born on it.

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I do actually give things away, which is my preferred way of purging possessions. I hate throwing them directly in the garbage; it makes me feel guilty and wasteful, whereas if I donate clothes to Goodwill or books to a charity bookstore like Housing Works, I feel okay about it.

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6. Nico

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You didn’t think we were just going to address human poo, did you? Hoarder’s homes are like mini Noah’s Arks of poo.

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None of those thoughts ever made me realize that it was the people, friends, family –loved ones –that made empty objects seem like they held more significance than they deserved.

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The way I see it, every object you own is connected to you by a string like the house in ‘Up,’ and each string is tied to a fishhook embedded in your abdomen.