Amy Revell

So when you have too much, the good, the excellent, the things that you actually want to remember, that you want to pay tribute to, that are these mementos that are important to you, part of your story, get lost amongst everything because sometimes we just pile it all in together and think, no, that is too important.

I can't get rid of any photos.

But the truth is maybe you can get rid of photos.

You can get rid of the duplicates.

You can get rid of the blurries.

You can get rid of the scenery photos.

But you've actually got some really special ones in there.

So when you have too much stuff, it's hard to know what that beautiful good thing is that you want to keep is.

The next one I want to deep dive into is stuff multiplies to fill the space that you have.

stuff multiplies to fill the space that you have.

So there's a law called Parkinson's law.

And the idea is that work will always expand to fill the space that you give it.

You might have found this when you're studying or when you're preparing a workshop for work or you're doing something that's like you've got to get a project done.

If you give yourself four weeks, it will take four weeks.

If you give yourself four hours, it will take four hours.

And so this is kind of like we just expand things to fill the space that we're given.

And then Parkinson's law, I think, really does apply to our homes because

What I see often is people are really uncomfortable with empty spaces.

And so your stuff will expand to fill the space that you give it.

If you have lots of bookshelves, you automatically kind of assume, well, I need to fill it with books.