收纳还是减少

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I used to think the answer to my mess was better organizing. 我以前总觉得，解决家里凌乱的办法就是搞好收纳。

So I bought boxes, baskets, clever little containers, 于是我买了一堆箱子、篮子，还有各种收纳小神器，

shelves to hold all my stuff more neatly. 又买了置物架，想把所有东西都整整齐齐地码起来。

And for a week, it looked great. 刚开始那一周，看着确实挺清爽的。

Then it filled up and overflowed again. 可没多久就又被塞满了，东西再次溢了出来。

That's when it finally clicked. 直到那时我才终于恍然大悟。

I didn't have an organizing problem. 我的问题根本不是不会收纳，

I had a too-much problem. 而是东西实在太多了。

All those containers were just a way of hiding the fact 所有的收纳盒，不过是在掩盖一个事实：

that I owned more than I needed. 我拥有的东西，远超出了我的实际需要。

No amount of tidy boxes fixes that. 再多整齐的收纳盒也解决不了这个问题。

Real order didn't come from arranging my things more cleverly. 真正的井井有条，从来不是靠多巧妙地把东西码好，

It came from simply having fewer of them. 而是单纯因为手里的东西变少了。

Now, before I buy another storage box, I ask a harder question. 现在，在买新的收纳盒之前，我都会先问自己一个更扎心的问题：

What if I just let some of this go instead? 与其想着怎么收，为什么不干脆断舍离掉一些呢？