How I became a borderline hoarder

And how I got better

National Geographic
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The other day, I was dumping two empty condiment bottles into the recycling bin. My 18-year-old daughter said, "We should save those. We could paint them and turn them into cool vases." I suddenly felt that old familiar sizzle in my gut, that heat of possibility...

But a voice inside me that knew better intervened. "No! They'll end up in a box somewhere. We have enough vases. And way too many boxes! Recycle it!"

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Laura Munson is the best-selling author of This Is Not The Story You Think It Is and founder of Haven Retreats.