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That will last until you are married and have children.
by imron 9y ago
That will last until you are married and have children.
- hrktb 9y agoYou move to a 2 suitcase per person philosophy, but I think it’s still a valuable approach. Even if you keep around some stuff that are not vital but ‘nice to have’, maintaining a restricted set of things that are enough to live your life if the whole family had to move without notice helps for peace of mind.
- olau 9y agoWhat if your wife does not agree with your philosophy? What if your children don't? Of course, YMMV, but in my experience life is generally less simple once you share it with other people.
- hueving 9y agoIf you truly embrace that philosophy you will not be able to marry someone who does not also follow it. It's like a religion and your SO's things will be a daily affront to it.
- saiya-jin 9y agolet's see - hiking with various camping equipment for all seasons, mountaineering/alpinism, climbing + via ferratas, skiing, ski touring with avalanche safety stuff, biking, paragliding, diving, running/gym and so on and on. Do you know for example how big winter sleeping bags are? And you can't store them compressed. Or paraglide wing with harness. And this is just hobbies/passions. Stuff you mostly don't want to rent for many reasons. Good luck fitting a bike or few pairs of skis in some suitcases :) It is true I have more sport stuff than all the rest combined (non-sport clothing, electronics, kitchen, just all the other stuff). I've been through phase in life where I could fit all my stuff into 1 small room and still live&sleep in it. Great times, but I wouldn't go back, for many reasons. What you propose sounds boring/empty life, or very expensive and yet subpar experience on many levels (renting everything all the time).
- prawn 9y agoIn which case you risk spending as much on storage as you do on the things being stored.
- mixmastamyk 9y agoI'm a minimalist, but my wife throws out more stuff than I do!
- richardknop 9y agoI agree. But it's useful to adhere to this philosophy while single. It improves your job mobility a lot. If you can tell your potential employer that you can fly to country X any time as you just put all your things into a single suitcase, it makes it much easier to relocate for jobs around the world. Once you settle down and have family / children, obviously you will probably stop moving around and probably stay in a single place for a long time and only move once in a decade or so.
- pantalaimon 9y agoIs your job mobility not 'hampered' by having friends and a social circle that you don't want to leave behind at all?
- richardknop 9y agoYes it is. But I think it's easier to do that while you are in your 20s. Older you get the more difficult it becomes to leave your social circle and friends behind.
- chris_7 9y ago..."until"? Both of those are entirely optional.