Caitríona Redmond: How to avoid 'stuffocation' and cut back on buying unnecessary things

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In truth, we all spend money on stuff we don’t need. If you are trying to cut back, it’s important to refocus on what is most important.

Have you heard of the term ‘stuffocation’? It’s not so much a word but a combination of ‘stuff’ and ‘suffocation’ — an extremely descriptive way to describe the feeling of drowning in stuff.

I’m a minimalist at heart, who married a maximalist. This means I feel stuffocated regularly, whereas my husband doesn’t feel it to the same extent. Sometimes it can feel like the house is a battleground between me wanting to get rid of too much stuff and him wanting to buy more. My secret weapon in this battle is the need to save more money.