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Netflix has people (serenely) bulldozing their closets, and thrift stores are riding the wave
Do you have too much stuff? Is your house a loosely-joined collection of garbage piles among which you tread, as dazed and rudderless as a possum in a landfill? Are you tied to your material possessions because you have chosen to fill the empty parts in your life with consumerism and thus your soul is scattered among promotional t-shirts and expired tubes of body lotion?
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While I don't like to keep unneeded items and I do regularly donate clothing I no longer need, I have to say I don't really agree with the sentiment of only keeping things "that spark joy" - it's not very practical. As much as I hate past years' tax paperwork, I won't be throwing it out!
The title is a little misleading. This is because maybe some of the increase in donations could be due to the Netflix show, but it's quite possible that this January weather is a little better than last year's and people are following through on their New Year's resolutions to actually donate unwanted items (instead of being put off because of snow etc). They do point out this possibility in the article, but I feel they could therefore have picked a more accurate headline.