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Your boxes of photos, family’s china, and even the kids' height charts aren’t just stuff; they’re attached to a lifetime of memories--and letting them go can be scary. With empathy, expertise, and humor, Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff, written in collaboration with AARP, helps you sift through years of clutter, let go of what no longer serves you, and identify the items worth keeping so that you can focus on living in the present. For over 20 years, Matt Paxton has helped people from all walks of life who want to live more simply declutter and downsize. As a featured cleaner on Hoarders and host of the Emmy-nominated Legacy List with Matt Paxton on PBS, he has identified the psychological roadblocks that most organizational experts routinely miss but that prevent so many of us from lightening our material load. Using poignant stories from the thousands of individuals and families he has worked with, Paxton brings his signature insight to a necessary task. Whether you’re tired of living with clutter, making space for a loved one, or moving to a smaller home or retirement community, this book is for you. Paxton’s unique, step-by-step process gives you the tools you need to get the job done.
About the Author
Matt PaxtonEntrepreneurFounder of Clutter CleanerA&E hit reality series (Hoarders) personalityMatt has always been an entrepreneur; he started out selling gum as a child on the school bus for a 70% profit. Upon graduating from college, he moved through a variety of careers, from a Federal Reserve analyst, to an inventor of an all-natural flip-flop cleaner, to a wet suit company owner. He even tried selling pre-cut limes to Budweiser. Matt was determined to find an area of business where he could be successful.The idea for Clutter Cleaner came to him in 2006 as a way to pay rent, with the first project being his own grandmother's basement. As the business grew, Matt's philosophy of "no job too extreme" began to take hold and eventually garnered a following large enough to land him and his tell-it-like-it-is approach onto A&E's hit reality series, Hoarders.Matt now helps compulsive hoarders clean out their homes and their lives in the process.
