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Study Shows: Our Stuff Is Stressing Us Out

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We’re getting ready to put our house on the market, trying to follow all of the golden rules of selling a home: de-clutter, de-personalize … did I mention de-clutter?… and overall simplify the entire place. With two small children who require nothing short of an entire Target store’s worth of toys and gear (Not to mention clothes. Oh man, the clothes!) preparing for showings is a Herculean task. I’m endlessly searching for an inch of spare space under the bed, in the closets, anywhere out of sight to stow those stray items we simply had to have at one point or another over the past five years. I like to pride myself on being a pretty minimal and organized person, but apparently in the midst of raising two miniature people I have lost my way. How in the world did we get this much STUFF?

According to a UCLA study and resulting book, "Life at Home in the 21stCentury," I’m not alone in my overwhelmed state. Turns out, most American families are simply bogged down with all of the stuff in our houses. We can’t find a place to put it, can’t seem to part with it, and have allowed it to take over so much that it has the total opposite effect than what prompted the accumulation to begin with: It’s making us unhappy and stressed. (Meanwhile, we smugly watch the latest episode of Hoarders and think, wow, what freaks!)

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