The Learning Annex Presents Uncluttering Your Space
Chapter One
lesson 1
why we're
drowning in
clutter
Clutter in Today's Society The Reasons We Hoard
Things Why We Don't Want to Clean Up
The odds are stacked against us. Our modern society is the most clutter-prone
society in the world for one simple reason: We've got so much
stuff! We're an affluent society, so we have the means to produce and
purchase a dazzling array of material goods. We've also attached a
tremendous amount of cultural and personal meaning to the ownership
of objects. Add to this mix an advertising industry that works overtime
to condition our psyches to become mindless buying machines, and it's
no wonder we're wallowing in excess stuff.
Let's look at some of the ways our culture sets us up for an overload
of possessions.
IT'S ALL AROUND US
Never before in human history has there been such a blinding array of
material goods that can be had so cheaply and so easily. Never has
there been a people so rich in cash and credit as we are-and so eager
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