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Cherishing stuff with a photo can help you let go of it

  • Written by Karen Winterich, Associate Professor of Marketing, Frank and Mary Smeal Research Fellow, Pennsylvania State University
imageYears from now, she'll probably be ready to part with her photo assistant.Angela Waye/Shutterstock.com

Picture your favorite childhood stuffed animal. Are you clinging to it even though neither you nor anyone else in your household has played with that creature in years?

If so, you’re not alone. Parting with possessions we don’t need is...

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