Brenda Avadian

This book mentions the difference between OCD and hoarding and I think this book is about helping hoarders. The psychology of both intrigues me.
Some clutter sections to tackle: pysical, mental, temporal, and sensory clutter.
Stats: 1.5 million American have so much "stuff" they cannot use their kitchens/bathrooms/bedrooms as they're intended. Another stat was given for how many people have storage units.
Do you have a storage unit?
Can you park your car in your garage?
Two questions to ask while cleaning/decluttering
#1 If I lost this item in a disaster, would I take the time to replace it?
#2 What would the area feel like, sound like, smell like (? ew) if you cleaned out the clutter.

There were some interesting stories and suggestions. I think the female author is a hoarder. (her father sounds like he was). What I didn't appreciate about the book was the soap box suggestion of thoroughly, with extreme precision, (like the author, because apparently that is her OCD; even though OCD and hoarding are different, there are or can be connections/overlap), but I digress. To go through a deceased members items with a fine tooth comb before donating, so as not to accidentally give away a gun. Because a man who worked at a donation store played with a gun (he supposedly thought was a toy), and shot/killed himself. Okay, the real moral of that story is: don't be a fool and play with guns. duh.

#1 If I bought this book, I would donated it; without going through it with a fine tooth comb to see if there were any papers (or a gun, snark), in between the pages. (gasp!)
Overall the book was entertaining, but I could have been reading/listening to something better.… (altro)