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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think overconsumption has led to the home organizing trend that has taken over social media.  But less.  If you need systems and containers  for literally everything, you have too much stuff.[/quote]

Yeah, this isn’t accurate. After growing up in a cluttered house, I’ve worked my way to being really organized. You don’t need fancy containers. But once you’ve pared down your belongings, a good organization system requires a lot of containers, endless hooks, labels, etc. That’s how you make a place for everything. And that means most things have a place you can STILL SEE/IDENTIFY when the thing is “out.” That makes it much easier/more consistent for things to be put away. Remember how Julia Child outlined her pots and pans on her pegboard so when they are all being used, it’s easy to put them back the same way? Like that. That cost nothing.

People who do have too much stuff tend to buy containers as part of their failed efforts to manage it, like my dear mother. But it’s usually big plastic totes, because they contain a pile and that’s as far as her brain can get tbh. To be clear is she fabulous, successful, and has a lovely home as long as you don’t look behind certain closed doors, which is just fine![/quote]

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