Why We Keep Things We Never Use & The Reason We Keep Track of Time

How do you decide when the gas tank in your car is low enough that you need to stop and get gas? This episode begins by explaining why many of us wait too long and when the best time is to refuel. https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/07/27/2386931/ You probably have a lot of things in your home that you never use. You probably have a lot of things that you don’t even remember you have sitting in boxes. For many of us, getting rid of our possessions is hard - even things we have no use for. Yet, clearing out clutter can be a very freeing and satisfying experience. Here with some interesting insight and practical advice is Matt Paxton. Matt has spent 20 years helping people deal with their stuff. He was a featured cleaner on the TV show Hoarders and now hosts of the Emmy-nominated show Legacy List with Matt Paxton on PBS. Matt is also author of the book Keep the Memories Lose the Stuff (https://amzn.to/3tWDiyj). We all experience time passing. Yet how we keep track of time has changed. For most of human history, knowing exactly what time it is wasn’t that important. Yet, today we can keep very precise time and all of us agreeing what time it is, is necessary for the world to function. J…