I wasn't meaning to imply that saving some packaging isn't rational (my mother does it - if nothing else, it's useful to reuse) , but when it's things I _know _

I wasn't meaning to imply that saving some packaging isn't rational (my mother does it - if nothing else, it's useful to reuse) , but when it's things I _know _ have no use (such as an individual sweet wrapper - I know rationally it has no practical use, but it still causes the same internal debate), and it's _everything_, that's when it becomes a problem. Similarly to TeMPOraL's point - saving things that have no practical use for sentimental reasons (or just because you like them) isn't a problem (or unusual), but when every piece of paper that comes through your door feels important, it's problematic.