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January 18, 2017

Is Your Stuff Creating Stress?

I have a confession to make.  I keep a lot of stuff – things that may come in handy “someday.”  But in truth, the majority of my possessions are rarely, if ever, used.  And I’m not alone.  Americans like to shop for, receive, own, collect, display, and store things.  And when we tire of the […]

WRITTEN BY: Kathy Michelich, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Warren County, Ohio

REVIEWED BY: Amanda Woods, M.Ed. Healthy Finances Program Specialist, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension

SOURCES:

  • Ohio Self-Storage Association
  • “A Cluttered Life: Middle-Class Abundance” online viewing web series at http://www.uctv.tv/clutter or http://www.youtube.com/uctvprime
  • “Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century: 32 Families Open Their Doors,” by Jeanne E. Arnold, Anthony Graesch, Enzo Ragazzini, and Elinor Ochs.

Categories: Money
Tags: clutter, consumerism, storage, stress, stuff

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