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I have a confession to make. I love cleaning up. Throwing things away. Tyding up. Getting rid of things. I have read _The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up_, _The Story of Stuff_, and _The Power of Less_. The appeal of minimalism is great, but it somehow never works. I also rebuy things in regret (see [collecting physical games](/post/2021/05/re-is-collecting-physical-games-worth-it/)). Cleaning up and recklessly throwing stuff away is also a sure way to get into a big fight with my wife.
I have a confession to make. I love cleaning up. Throwing things away. Tidying up. Getting rid of things. I have read _The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up_, _The Story of Stuff_, and _The Power of Less_. The appeal of minimalism is great, but it somehow never works. I also rebuy things in regret (see [collecting physical games](/post/2021/05/re-is-collecting-physical-games-worth-it/)). Cleaning up and recklessly throwing stuff away is also a sure way to get into a big fight with my wife.
To my big surprise, Matt D'Avella, minimalist and host of the [Ground Up Show](https://www.mattdavella.com/podcast) podcast, mentioned that his wife is _not_ a minimalist, but they somehow made it work. Although they also fight over things, like buying Christmas decoration---a fight he lost and that upped the amount of stuff they owned by 30 or so. I love reading and hearing about these squabbles. They make my own ones a bit less daunting. Matt recently [counted all the stuff they owned](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB8o8-EdZY0)[^viastefan] (`1,641` items) and had to admit that he owns more than his wife, even with her walk-in dresser!