1How Do You Accumulate So Much?

The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers; – Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!

William Wordsworth

‘The world is too much with us.’ It certainly is. So many of us have more things than we could ever need: clothes we’ve never worn or haven't worn in ages; CDs, cassette tapes, records, games, consoles, phones and miscellaneous cords to tech devices; books we’ve read and won't read again; magazines with articles we’re going to read but actually never get round to; trinkets, ornaments and family heirlooms left behind by past generations; gifts you’ve never liked, board games you no longer play; things that need ...

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