... for Germany, according to the federal statistics monitoring agency (Statistisches Bundesamt):
Sales of disinfectants: up by up to 800% -- then down to zero sales, because stores went out of stock.
Sales of soap: up by 400%.
Sales of toilet paper: up by 300% (this is surprisingly low).
Sales of pasta, flour, sugar, rice, and processed tomatoes: up by 200%.
Both my father and my mother in-law hoard in a big way. In the case of my father, it's to the point where he won't give me my inheritance from my great-great grandmother even though the deal was to give it to me when I bought my first home. My mother in-law's case is a bit more pronounced. She has several rooms that are completely unusable, but she is also realizing what a wonderful home she could have and is working hard to clean the public portions of her home before cleaning the more private areas.
If I said that I was understanding of both people in my life, I would be lying. I was not able to understand how objects could have such a strong meaning that they wouldn't be able to give up items. For example, I can remember when my mom got rid of a bunch of porn magazines under the bathroom sink because my sisters and I were getting older and my mom didn't want us to find these magazines. My dad was angry to the point of making myol mom think he threw away two of her collections which occupied the living room. I never understood how he could equate old magazines hidden under the bathroom sink with collections on display in our home. Now I think I understand.
Whether you know someone who hoards or are interested in the psychology of hoarding, this is a good place to start.
Still there hasn't been much reading but for the last 2.5 days I have been feverishly deleting unwanted kindle ebooks. I'm ashamed and have lived in silence of my kindle library. I have not only spent ridiculous amounts on ebooks but have hoarded/collected ridiculous amounts of free and cheap books as well. I won't tell the number but as of right now over 2,000 have been deleted.
Note... I have a vast amount of regular price books that add up to $... Well, I don't dare say.
You may be wondering how this could have happened. Well, it all started in 2011/2012 when free and really cheap books were a plenty. There were tons of paranormal and children books for free and I just had to get them all for my nieces and nephews, right? Now looking back on my crazy, I think it was the hunt that I loved. The hunt for free and cheap books.
I've known for quite some time that those books needed to go. I also knew that deleting one book at a time just wouldn't do for my overwhelming library. Thank goodness some time last year Amazon listened to their kindlers and fixed the ebook deleting function. I was super happy. 2015 is the year to clean up and clear out. I may be behind already in my 2015 challenge but I'm clearing my mind of unnecessary worries and anxieties.
There it is friends my kindle library hoarding story of shame.
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