I'll bet that you have a job that you really love. In this case stuff is a win-win scenario -- you earn money by doing something you enjoy, and you use that mo

I'll bet that you have a job that you really love. In this case stuff is a win-win scenario -- you earn money by doing something you enjoy, and you use that money to buy stuff that you enjoy. Most people are not in this situation. They have a job that they either put up with, or in many cases actively dislike, and they have a lot of stuff that requires a continuous money flow to sustain. They're convinced the stuff is 'necessary', and therefore it is necessary for them to continue slaving away at the job that they hate so that they can enjoy the stuff they think they need. In that cases, it's not a case of net postive or negative for stuff, but cost-benefit analysis. Is the stuff that you have worth the cost of working for it? But like I said, if you enjoy your work, then stuff is basically free.