As someone who’s moved a lot in the last ten years, I have an intrinsic affinity to minimalism. When you’ve moved three or four times in as many years, you real

As someone who’s moved a lot in the last ten years, I have an intrinsic affinity to minimalism. When you’ve moved three or four times in as many years, you really question each “thing” you’re packing up and loading into a truck for the third or fourth time. Further, the last decade I’ve spent a major part of my recreational time out with friends rather than sitting at home like Golem coveting his precious or Smaug content to be alone with my hoard of material possessions. I guess, sure, if your life’s goal is to own a house in the suburbs and obtain the nuclear family with a spouse and 2.5 kids, where your neighbors measure your status based on your possessions, then this piece makes great points! Otherwise, I call bullshit, because I’ve definitely made memories and stories I can look back at with more than fondness, that were amazing to experience, and just as fun to recount with friends now. I wouldn’t for a second trade those experiences for a new couch, TV, or sound system. IMO, OP is basing a lot of their opinions on relative uneventful life.