The Resale Revolution

If you’re unable or unwilling to figure out the answer, you probably engage in a practice known as “deferred disposal.” Initially, it involves doing nothing at all. You simply let your stuff sit—tucked under a desk, stashed in a closet. Then, as the clutter in your life accumulates, you move it into your basement or garage or even pay to put it in a storage unit. For years it might gather dust, vaguely bothering you, but eventually the time comes when you—or the people who inherit it from you—decide just to get rid of it, usually by throwing all of it away.