Chrystal Hurst compares physical and mental hoarding, both built one small choice at a time. Body clutter accumulates bite by bite, mental clutter thought by thought. With 6,000 daily thoughts, most of them worries, you need to clear them or get buried.
Has anybody ever watched an episode of Hoarders? Here's the question: how did they get there? My daughter actually said to me one time, she said, Mom, you're like a baby hoarder. I was like, oh, what? What are you talking about? That is so offensive to me. But then I ask myself the question. It's like My 600-lb Life. How do we get here? I can tell you how we get there. You want me to tell you how we get there? Let me tell you. We get there one key lime pie at a time. We get there one slice of pizza at a time. We get there one vacation at a time. We get there one sweet tea from Sonic at a time. You want to know how we build body clutter? One bite at a time. You want to know how we build mental clutter? One thought at a time that we don't clear out. And if you're having 6,000 thoughts a day and the majority of them are concerns, they are responsibilities, they are weighty, clearing them out is how you keep from feeling overwhelmed.
