In the newspaper business, we have a term called “dead wood.” It refers to the words, sentences, or even entire columns that are taking up space without delivering value. My job was to kill the dead wood so the news could breathe. Lately, I’ve noticed that most modern homes look like an unedited first draft. They are packed with “just-in-case” objects: the spare cables for electronics you no longer own, the bread maker you used once in 2019, and the three identical black coats because you couldn’t find the first two when it started raining. The Psychology of “Mental Rent” Everything you own pays “rent” in your brain. You have…