And don't forget Ralphie the Bear, suffering a self-esteem crisis since getting stuffed into a box of old toys in the garage. "We hold onto this stuff because it possibly has meanings or we potentially might just use something in the future. The result is that the marketplace is forced to create new toasters or pants or stuffed toys, as examples, which requires resources to be used unnecessarily, he said. The act of giving your unused object a little humanity just might bring out some human qualities of your own. Rawal can fully relate to the emotional pull of holding on to unused items, such as toys his two-year-old daughter has outgrown.

Source: CBC News March 26, 2021 17:00 UTC