How much is enough? In a world of hoarders and minimalists, where do you fall on the continuum, and where would you like to fall?
I’ll tell you, if a hoarder is a 10 and a minimalist is a one, I’m a 3.5. I’d like to be a three. I don’t like clutter. But I do like my stuff — my collections, my clothes, my books, my jewelry, my dishes — much of it, some could argue, unnecessary. I don’t want to live an austere life, but I do want to live a well-edited life. And purging our excesses, my friends, like eating right and exercising, takes discipline.
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