Crystal Paine on May 16, 2015 | This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here.
Woah! This article on Becoming Minimalist was pretty astounding.
Here’s a snippet:
Today, increasing data is being collected about our homes, our shopping habits, and our spending. The research is confirming our observation: we own too much stuff. And it is robbing us of life.
Here are 21 surprising statistics about our clutter that help us understand how big of a problem our accumulation has actually become.
1. There are 300,000 items in the average American home (LA Times).
2. The average size of the American home has nearly tripled in size over the past 50 years (NPR).
3. And still, 1 out of every 10 Americans rent offsite storage—the fastest growing segment of the commercial real estate industry over the past four decades. (New York Times Magazine).
You’ve got to go read the rest of the 21 Stats on Clutter over here.
Thanks to Amy for the link to this article!
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