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If you’re a compulsive book buyer like me, you know books have a way of attracting
And when you give the reader a bookshelf, she’s going to want a book on feng
And when the bookshelf is once again too full, she’ll need books about first-time homeownership, because
But house shopping will have to wait because this paragraph inspired her to buy a limited edition
Still, my TBR pile is so big, I should start charging it rent
I’ve come up with a totally foolproof plan to buy some books to help me buy
This has to work, right? Let’s check out the shopping list
Washington Post columnist Michelle Singletary will get me on a budget that promises to bring “peace and
Next, I turn to the queen of organizing, Marie Kondo, to help me out
Yet, the sight of my overstuffed bookshelves makes my heart skip a beat
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Disappointed with tidying, I move to the more extreme organization principle: minimalism
It also makes me appreciate my Kindle, which holds thousands of books and fits in my purse
Since I consider an ereader the perfect minimalist accessory, perhaps I need a more psychological take on
McKeown won’t let me off the hook with space-saving strategies
He believes I need to dig into my core beliefs and focus on what I truly want
Author Walter Mischel designed the famous “marshmallow test
Embracing this logic, I buy a book now to help out my future self, who doesn’t
In the other direction from self-control, maybe it’s an urge for productivity that fuels my book
In that case Dutch authors Willems and Aalders have the antidote
If I embrace the Dutch method, I will be content perhaps just daydreaming
Hygge, I am sure, requires me to surround myself with many more books
Libraries are the solution to compulsive book buying, right? I mean, if I actually read all the
Time for desperate measures: if concern for my wallet doesn’t curb my book buying, maybe concern
I appreciate the beautiful trees around me and think twice about lining my bookshelves with their pulverized
A more determined and thrifty reader may have better results
By discovering how all these approaches cannot tame my love of book buying, I realized buying A
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