use something in the future, she sees no reason to get rid of it. I’ll say this: she’s not a hoarder. And she’s very organized, so our home isn’t cluttered. But if I had my way, our motto would be “If we buy something new today, give something else away.” Not only do we want to hold on to things, we also tend to hold on to ideas and ways of doing things. Authors Eric Harvey and Steve Ventura have written about this human tendency: The fact is, we all carry a certain amount of counterproductive cerebral