Most of us live in communities surrounded by a plethora of public storage spaces. There are thousands of these facilities around the country, which I call "the land of emotional mismanagement," because they're filled with the things that we think we may need someday or that we can't emotionally let go of. This highlights our struggle with managing our belongings and the emotional attachments that often keep us from decluttering.
Rethink your relationship to your stuff. For a long time, I would think about how hard it was to declutter and let go of a particular item because, as I told myself, I loved it. Living in a small space sort of forced me to rethink my relationship to my stuff in my space, focusing more on utility rather than emotional attachment.
A study at UCLA's Center on Everyday Lives and Families found that women who had a lot of household objects also had more of the stress hormone cortisol. This indicates that our clutter can manifest in physical stress and emotional turmoil, emphasizing the importance of a decluttered environment for mental well-being.
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