Though we spend the whole of
our lives accumulating stuff, we almost never stop to consider what we would do if we lost it.
So how do you downsize your world when you've spent
your life accumulating stuff?
Not exact matches
Even in everyday
life, there is a seeming urge to buy, to
accumulate stuff.
No, Louise, you won't go to another planet, but the essence of that which is you, unencumbered by the
stuff you
accumulated at this level, including your physical body, will
live on in another dimension.
It's amazing just how much
stuff one can
accumulate after
living in a space for a few years and how much crap can fit into the tiniest nooks and crannies of a home.
Wondering what you can do with all those
stuffed animals your baby has
accumulated in his short
life?
And since bones
accumulate all that
stuff over the
life of the animal... Only organic I've found is online and it's Bio something and outrageously expensive.
Downsizing to a tiny house can be a way of
living more sustainably, with less stress on our finances and on the environment, and help us to pare down our lifestyle to something more appropriate and focused on the essentials, instead of
accumulating more
stuff that can end up weighing us down.
And as people get richer, they still tend to
accumulate more
stuff, demand more
living space, and use more electricity.
We recently pondered, of all we
accumulate in a modern
life, what «
stuff» is really important?
As I go through all of my
stuff, I realize how many useless things I
accumulated over the years that only take up space and don't add value to my
life today.
United States About Youtuber Nate and Steph are a couple of crazy adventurers who decided that
life was too short to spend their time and money
accumulating «
stuff.»
Those answers, however, are buried under the muck - the
stuff of
life that has
accumulated over the years.
Also, urban -
living millennials have tended to
accumulate less
stuff than their parents up until now.
As this home stager dislikes clutter in her everyday
life (convenient for her job), there was not that much
stuff to de clutter, but it still took a few days and several garbage bags, as we all
accumulate things as years go by.
After
living in a home for a long time, everyone starts to
accumulate a fair amount of
stuff.
The more engaged we are in
living fully and well, the more
stuff we seem to
accumulate.
My goal for 2017 is to continue to simplify my
life and let go of some of the
stuff I've
accumulated, but I am having a hard time letting go of the things that belonged to my mother or gifts that she gave me because they are all sentimental to me.
Funny, I am on the MORE path now, with the new house,
accumulating more
stuff, thinking about babies... but I also acknowledge that
life is this funny fluid thing and you never know when it can all come crashing down, so I don't get too attached, but even MORE would be nice.