I
can
8217t
believe
it
8217s
not
clutter
DO
YO
U
EVER
look
around
a
guy8217s
flat
and
wonder
why
he
needs
a
five-foot
video
stack
of
football
games
recorded
in
1995?
Do
you
ever
look
around
a
girl8217s
flat
and
ponder
why
she
still
has
the
strappy
sandals
she
wore
to
her
sixth-year
dance?
When
it
comes
to
clutter
,
the
truth
is
men
an
d
wo
me
n
bo
th
ac
cu
mu
la
te
mo
un
ta
in
s
of
the
stuff.
However
,
these
piles
of
surface-
stealers
tend
to
look
very
different
and
are
of
ten
the
cue
for
cries
of
disbelief
and
much
head-shaking.
While
she
still
has
the
favour
from
her
second-cousin8217s
wedding
five
years
ago
,
he
probably
ate
it
if
it
was
edible
or
lef
t
it
at
the
reception
if
it
wasn8217t.
He
will
buy
the
same
DV
D
twice
if
the
second
copy
has
more
ex
tras
on
it,
whereas
she8217ll
see
such
duplication
as
a
waste
of
money
.
So
why
do
we
clutter
so
differently
and
what
things
do
we
have
to
ke
ep,
just
because
throwing
them
out
would
be
unbearable?
Men
and
women
are
polar
opposites
in
so
many
of
their
habits
and
cluttering
is
no
ex
ception.Life
coach
Rathy
Thiruchelvam,
34,
lives
in
Edinbur
gh8217s
Hay-
mark
et,
works
in
human
resources
and
is
the
brain
behind
www
.
abiggerlife.co
.ukRathy
,
pictured
right,
says:
8220I8217m
very
much
a
person
who
believes
that
everything
has
a
place
and
there8217s
a
place
for
everything.
The
things
I
ke
ep
are
very
personal
and
I8217ll
look
at
them
when
I
am
by
myself,
because
they
have
To
you,
they
are
treasured
ke
epsak
es
8211
to
your
other
half
,
it8217s
trash
,
says
Sar
a
McC
orq
uod
ale
as
she
sif
ts
through
the
arguments
VENUS
&M
ARS
clutter
I
can
8217t
believe
it
8217s
not
Things
hoarded
by
women
1
Clothes
Yo
ur
gradu
ation
dress,
shor
ts
you
wore
travelling.
The
leather
coat
from
your
8220rebel8221
years.
Gloves
from
when
you
were
ten
.
Need
we
go
on?
2
Correspondence
Po
stcards,
Christm
as
and
bir
thday
cards
covering
sur
faces,
pin
boards,
the
fridge
and
filling
drawer
upon
drawer
.
No
-o
ne
will
be
offended
if
you
get
rid
of
them.
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PULSE
SPRING
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