"Cleaning now gives me satisfaction. My childhood home was cluttered due to my parents' upbringing during the Great Depression, which shaped my relationship with clutter."
"When unexpected guests arrived, we scrambled to straighten up, masking the disorder in our home that was filled with clothes, toys, and utensils we didn't need."
"My family's clutter wasn't indicative of dirtiness, but an accumulation of items saved out of habit and a sense of thriftiness ingrained by previous generations."
"My grandmother's experience during the Great Depression taught her to save everything, instilling a fear of wastefulness that echoed through my parents' behavior towards clutter."
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