“Excess consumption is practically an American religion. But as anyone with a filled-to-the-gills closet knows, the things we accumulate can become oppressive. With all this stuff piling up and never quite getting put away, we’re no longer huddled masses yearning to breathe free; we’re huddled masses yearning to free up space on a countertop. Which is why people are so intrigued by the 100 Thing Challenge, a grass-roots movement in which otherwise seemingly normal folks are pledging to whittle down their possessions to a mere 100 items.” TIME.com

Interesting concept. I recognize that oppression when I came back from spending 6 months living at Audarya. I had gotten used to living with about a backpack of stuff and then I realized how much I owned myself. 100 things is a nice concept, but I do not believe clutter is quantifiable in such a sense.

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