The nice thing about my old office was the insane amount of books it received from PR and publishing firms in the hopes of getting a favorable review written up. The books no one wanted would end up in the free pile in the kitchen, which is where I ended up picking out books that I'd never think to look up at the library. And of course, once done I would bring it back for someone else to read so I didn't have to keep them around. That said, I still hoard books but I've been giving a lot of them away too.

And it sounds like Vicki is taking a page out of Marie Kondo's book/philosophy. It's been the rage this year and I've taken some of her advice to heart in trying to declutter as well. There's even a hashtag to following her rules to declutter, #konmari. Here's an article by a woman who read Kondo's book and tried it out herself (I plan on trying out the new way to fold clothes soon).