I agree wholeheartedly with this article, and the PG article that preceded it. I try very hard to avoiding owning more than I must. Big moves and traveling hel

I agree wholeheartedly with this article, and the PG article that preceded it. I try very hard to avoiding owning more than I must. Big moves and traveling help tremendously with this. When I moved to New York city from southern California, I got rid of everything but a box (shipped), and what I could bring on the plane. I'd been traveling with much less than that for a few months before, and that helped me realize how little I really needed. Tools and electronics are my weak points. Home laptop, work laptop, workstation+monitor (high power), bastion machine (low power). Power drill, a bunch of screwdriver extensions, multimeter, connectors for god-knows-what, etc. NYC is very amenable to this philosophy: owning my apartment is out of the question. I have no need for a car (and my commute has become much less stressful). Apartments are small and don't give you much space to accumulate needless stuff. I haven't considered the idea of renting furniture, but perhaps it's reasonable. I know services like that exist.