THE story of Western consumerism is usually told as a winter’s tale. Every Christmas, shocking statistics about our profligate spending habits are gathered by campaigners such as Adbusters and reported across the media, and then the well-heeled carry on buying stuff we don’t need while hundreds of millions of others can’t even feed their families. . http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16384546.the-decluttering-conundrum-how-modern-life-has-got-in-the-way-of-the-quest-for-order/