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Teresa A. Sullivan

Teresa A. Sullivan

American sociologist and former president of the University of Virginia

Oct 7, 2026

9:37
I've since cleared out, but, uh, I know I'm not alone in this.
9:42
Well, I'm certainly not a believer, you know, I'm not, um, a preacher of minimalism.
9:47
I mean, I think that it's really important to have things that are useful to you and that you love, and to create an environment that's very in your, that works for you.
9:58
I mean, at, that's gonna be different for every person.
10:00
So I, I don't advocate, like, you know, I'm gonna judge you and that you have to get rid of everything, and everything that you have purchased or you're holding onto or your kids' artwork is a waste.
10:11
But what I do do is you have to challenge yourself, right? And it's sort of a little bit like a personal trainer, is that you have to ask yourself how many of X do you need? Like, could you select a few that might represent y- your kids' art collection throughout the year? I have my clients, once we do the major organizing and then I set up a system for them, and sometimes I go back and do maintenance.
10:36
We'll, we'll do the kids' artwork every year, and then we'll whittle it down.

6 MINS LATER

16:26
But it did, I did make a little bit of headway, so that was good.

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