Psychology Today | 10.04.2026 02:06
As a professor, I was guilty of circling the word "things" on my students’ essays, cringing at this empty space of a six-letter word. My comment to them: “Think of another word instead of this hollow filler.” But my various possessions from my loved ones have become my things, what others might deem as unimportant and inconsequential objects, yet special to my existence and my memories.
