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Re:The Art of Tidying Up by ams6110 on Monday January 25, 2016 @08:25AM (#10967013)
Seems maybe an order of magnitude off, depending on definionion of "thing." I cleaned out my mom's house after she died, and if I counted individual photo prints, 30 years worth of tax returns, canceled checks, paid bills, etc. she had a lot of "things."
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Re:The Art of Tidying Up by m0nty on Monday January 25, 2016 @09:06AM (#10967197)
Someone else did some digging:

http://www.ourhappy.space/2015/05/25/count/

tl;dr - The figure seems to come from Regina Lark, a "Professional Organizer" who "specializes in working with people with chronic disorganization, ADHD, and hoarding disorders, as well as folks who have way too much stuff," although she suggests 30,000-300,000 items. I still think 30,000 is way off, however. I'd struggle to get to 3,000.

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