Mmm. Having gone from a first wife who synergized badly with my "accumulating" impulses to a second wife who has rather limited patience with them, I understand this particular tension quite well. (I still have two storage units, totaling 400 sq ft of Stuff.)

If Bernie ever needs someone to talk with about how to work on the syndrome, feel free to point him to me: I've spent much of the last few years learning to reorient those impulses towards enjoying weeding stuff instead, so things slowly move in the right direction...