[zwieback]

What she says makes sense: “It is about returning people to a state in which parting with things feels natural.”

That's the whole problem, if you're a hoarder it doesn't feel natural. Maybe you can step through the process and declutter but unless you change your brain you'll just re-accumulate.

[hinkley]

I know someone whose mother “solves” clutter by giving things to family and friends, which is really outsourcing clutter because now your friends have the clutter problem and emotional blackmail to keep it.

When I met her, she was busy trying to gift something. In that moment I thought of the scene in Labyrinth, after Sarah eats the peach and ends up in the midden heap with the old lady who is telling Sarah to focus on her belongings. She was a lot.