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Confession of a Mental Hoarder

February 1, 2013 by Nolan Freaks

I define mental hoarding as having and continuing to amass vast amounts of information, usually on the same topic (self-help, in my case), and being unable to put it into practice, due to an overload of contradictory data or seeking more information before thinking a choice of action can be made.

 I feel I have suffered from this type mental hoarding.  I’ve told myself for years that I had a love of self-help information – books, TV shows, audio tapes, and podcasts, to name a few.  My need to consume information would wax and wane as events in my life passed, but if a good source crossed my path, I would snatch it up immediately.  I wouldn’t always consume it, but I knew I could at anytime that it was needed.  However, the only times I tried to use empowering self-help information were when things were not going the way I wanted them to.   For over 20 years, I consumed knowledge. But with all the information, nothing seemed to stick.  I always sought out more information, more knowledge, more something that I thought would be the key to actually accomplishing something.

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SF #274 – When Things Don’t Go Your Way

There are perfect days, when the sun is shining, birds are singing, and babies giggle in joy at the site of you.  Then, there are those dark days When Things Don’t Go Your Way.  You know, the ones where you lose your keys, drop your phone in the toilet, and the dog uses the remote […]

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