Sort Your Life Out

As a professional organizer I see every day the aftermath caused my excessive consumerism and the accumulation of too much stuff. I've seen the stress and anxiety it causes people on a daily basis to try and keep and store all this stuff. I've seen the chaos caused by people inheriting their loved ones items after they've passed. Industries like Goodwill make billions of dollars off the stuff people buy and discard. Nearly two thirds of this stuff will end up in the landfill because there's just too much to sell. There are huge emotional, mental, and environmental consequences of continuing to buy cheap electronics, furniture, clothing, etc. The only solution to this growing problem is to buy less stuff.

'The Best Thing You Can Do Is Not Buy More Stuff,' Says 'Secondhand' Expert "Your average thrift store in the United States only sells about one-third of the stuff that ends up on its shelves," Adam Minter says. His book explores what happens to the things that don't sell.