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BY HEATHER REID
know many people who
severely purged their homes
of stuff during the
pandemic’s peak: I am not one of them.
If anything, I doubled down on my hoarding tendencies. I squirreled away non-perishable foods, school supplies, plastic bags, books, and bottles of cooking oil. It soothed my anxiety a little to think that no matter what, I was ready. The world may be ending, but damn it, I can still cook rice and beans, and we’ll be fine.
Late this winter, I looked around and realized: I was drowning in stuff.
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Photo Credit Mick Haupt