Living with a lot less

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/opinion/sunday/living-with-less-a-lot-less.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

by sjeyakumar • 13 years ago

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lkbm• 13 years ago

I too like living with relatively little stuff.

Alas, stuff accumulates, much of it because it's useful. It's nice to have a hammer, a drill, a tape measure...and several dozen other tools. I have my regular boots, but I've since added dress boots and running shoes. I have a Kindle, a Nexus 4, and a Raspberry Pi, so of course I need a dedicated micro-USB cable for each device. I have electrical tape, duct tape, masking tape, AND packing tape.

I've gotten better at not having useless cruft, but I still have thing-creep with useful things I only occasionally need, but want right away when I do need them.

I also have the fortune of living in a housing co-operative, so I can easily winnow down on many things that we have in the house, but that I don't personally own or keep in my personal space, but the problem repeats itself on a house-level scale as well.

Sagat• 13 years ago

His ecological footprint is still much, much, higher than the global average. He is not living in poverty and never will.

Living with a lot less

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