Hoarders

I do the same. It's a real hassle sorting through the documents and destroying them.

I'm also a fan of a place for everything and everything in its place. Makes things much tidier.

My dad was 8 years old when the great depression hit...so while he wasn't a hoarder of everything...he kept everything that might save him a nickel in the near future. He kept used nails and screws, off cuts of wood...etc. I struggle to not do the same because I learned it from him and I'm thrifty. But I'm getting better. The one item I do have a healthy collection of is pipes; definitely have over 200. I've been letting some go here and there, but need to do better. I'm not too old (57), but I also don't want to get to the future and leave these pipes for my wife or son to have to sort thru.

I don't anything weighing me down and with the digital age the need for books and albums has been condensed like soup in a can.

I still prefer a bound hardback book. Preferably an older one with good paper and real ink pressed on paper.

I keep a few books but mostly I can buy a book for 50cents at the thrift store and read it, then donate it back. Books on hand are the Iliad and the Odyssey and the Bible all leather bound with top quality paper. I also have a dictionary and have no idea how to use it.

Luddite that I am, the Oxford English Dictionary which I have had since age 17 is still in use here. That is the "Shorter" edition in one thick volume. I also have the original two volume set which requires a magnifying glass to read the micro printing. Ditto for a Thesaurus. Clearly, the internet and computers have made getting up and flipping pages in a thick, musty, dusty old book an unnecessary chore. I still enjoy it.

There is an episode of Star Trek, the original series, in which a character played by Elijah Cook, Jr. makes an impassioned pleas for books over computers, at least as it comes to the Law. A memorable scene for bibliophiles.

Hoarding can be a real problem if not taken care of quickly.
My last wife of 30 years (by common law) was a bit of a hoarder. Tons of Christmas wrapping paper, some never used and she'd buy more.
Not to mention clothes, boots, collectibles and so on. Had so much that it sit in boxes around the house and folded clothes stacked in front of her closet that was too full for anymore. Maybe a bit is putting it lightly but, like the ones you see on TV, she didn't collect trash that you had to climb upon to get through the house.
Myself, I'm a collector and no that's not denial, I do love to collect vintage items and antiques.........when I was still able to afford it.
I once had a little two bedroom house full but, respectfully and every room was a different time period right down to fixtures. People would stop by and comment that my house looked like a museum. Loved that house but, after my back went I had to give it all up.
Anyway, I still hang on to things, scraps of wood, bits and parts of things like electrical, plumbing, odds and ends of you name it. This last time I moved I could only manage to keep about half of it and naturally moving back I needed a lot of it and had to go purchase more.
It has always saved me money and time having what others might call junk cause when needed I have it and don't have to travel to a store and try and find it. A lot of the time I make what I need out of all that junk and when I need a specialty screw, bolt, pulley, etc. I have it. The best thing about the stuff is most of it never costed me a dime, found it, picked it out of the trash or it was given to me.
And yes my Mother was born in 1916, lived on a farm and suffered through the depression in what they called then, a tent car. "Waste not, Want not!" was her motto and I've learned it well. Nothing gets thrown out if I can fix it or use parts from it. I don't save trash but, sometimes tin cans to use in the shop to hold bits and pieces. Ask anyone that's been to my house, there's hardly even any furniture and its neat and clean........including the shop, so we're not a hoarder but, we know what one is.

Let me know and I'll be right over to help take that load off ya sir.

I am a big fan of that too. Mostly because I cannot seem to achieve it.

if you get it from the local church is it Christian bale twine?

The big categories I am able to organize by are

inside or outside

kitchen or not kitchen

That is about it, and even there I get it wrong a fair amount.

Amassing an accumulation is what I do with the stuff that I pay attention to. Hoarding is the amassed accumulation I am not paying attention to at the moment.