Why do people keep items they never use?
People do not keep objects. They keep futures they are not ready to abandon.
The guitar has not been touched for years.\n\nThe running shoes remain in the closet.\n\nThe hidden mechanism is possibility preservation.\n\nObjects often represent future versions of ourselves.\n\nThrowing them away feels larger than cleaning a room.\n\nIt feels like closing a door.\n\nPeople think clutter is made of things.\n\nVery often, it is made of dreams waiting for another chance.
