Highlights first synced by [[readwise]] [[September 2nd, 2020]]

• Does this item enhance the life we want to live?
• Sure—just give me ten minutes to find them. Or an hour.
• Wood polish and a rag—I was just wiping it.
• The clutter somehow becomes a life raft for all the “just in cases” we can imagine
• Excuse #1: “I Might Need it One Day.”
• Do I even remember what’s inside these boxes? Do I need it? Do I honor and respect it?
• In any year, more than two-thirds of households in this country spend a sizable portion of their disposable income on videos and DVDs, music and CDs, books and magazines, specialized personal care products, and candles. More
• I have every issue of National Geographic ever published. It’s an outstanding collection
• A handful—we use them to recycle newspapers
• Maybe tomorrow. The living room’s a mess, but I can hide it away in a few hours
• Did the stuff they owned contribute to the lives they were hoping to achieve, or was it getting in the way of that vision?
• They fit, I guess, but I have no idea what’s on the top shelf
• “If you met Jen for the first time today, is this the bedroom you’d want to bring her home to?”