Kylie Jenner made heads turn once again when she posted a picture of one of her many closets. In this one, she is surrounded by at least 100 handbags. All top of the line and worth lots and lots of moola, you can be certain about that. And while I think being a celebrity with loads of money they never know what to do with is nice, Kylie's closet holds a lot more than just a passion for fashion.
See, it would be all fine and nice if she just was really obsessed with purses. It happens to the best of us. But, the ridiculous amounts of stuff doesn't end there. This closet is just one of MULTIPLE that this girl has. Each one bigger than the last. (Not to mention, the purse closet is bigger than my room and half of America's college dorm rooms, too.) And while that in itself didn't bother me, the things I was hearing and reading on social media did.
Thousands of people hyped Kylie's closet up, saying it was "goals," or that they wished they had a closet like that. This one tweet, which got thousands of retweets and took Twitter by storm was the final nail in the coffin for me, and I'll explain why: 
As you can see from the screenshot, there are literally thousands of people who agree with these kinds of statements.
First of all, this picture makes me feel like she has a hoarding problem and needs her credit card taken away. In no way am I envious of her purse collection or the fact that she has multiple closets. And good for her for being able to splurge like that. However, we are completely ignoring the elephant in the room with this.
This, in the simplest terms, is a form of hoarding. People are glamorizing an actual, legitimate issue simply because she's Kylie Jenner and she's rich and can afford to make her house look neat even though she has WAY. TOO. MUCH. STUFF.
The reason hoarding exists is because people have an obsession to purchase things in excess-- things they don't need-- simply because they feel incomplete without the items. For a lot more people it is a coping mechanism for a traumatic experience.
They pack themselves in their tiny homes and hide behind the safety of their things instead of facing whatever issue is hanging over their head. Often times, it gets so bad that they even exclude themselves from their family members, as well.
This is not something to glamorize. This is unhealthy behavior. This is an addiction. It may not look the same because all those TV shows portray the middle and lower classes with tiny homes and things stacked to the ceiling, but I would be willing to bet my life if they had the money Kylie did, their homes would look exactly the same.
What adds salt to the wound is that those people on those hoarding shows are shamed, looked down on, disowned by their family and made fun of by the rest of the world for something they often can't control. But when Kylie does it? Everyone loses their mind and suddenly it's something to attain towards. This thought process needs to change, and I don't think I need to explain any further why it should.
So, no, Kylie, your closet is not a "goal" for me. I never want to have that much stuff. I never want to NEED that much stuff and there is no reason why anyone would have to have that much stuff. Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. Use your money and your time for good, and for the love of God, please don't ever buy another purse.
