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I have cultivated a habit of throwing away at least one possession per day, and this doesn't include generic household trash. I mean something that I deemed: 'O
by favourable 4y ago
I have cultivated a habit of throwing away at least one possession per day, and this doesn't include generic household trash. I mean something that I deemed: 'One day this will come in handy' but they rarely do come in handy later on. It's a form of 'essentialism' where I trim away the excess and keep a curated and perfect set of tools to get things done.
- thfuran 4y agoWouldn't it be better to stop acquiring possessions rather than generating an endless stream of garbage?
- Wistar 4y agoBetter yet to stop endless streams of garbage at the point of their generation, no?
- ravi-delia 4y agoNot really, no. The average thing you keep around because "it might be useful someday" usually once really was useful! As it passes out of usefulness, if you don't have something coming in to replace it, you're down one useful thing.
- benj111 4y agoWe're talking one item a day though. We all have things we needed, but don't anymore, but do you buy one of those things every day? Plus if the thing is useful keep it, if it isn't get rid of it, you don't have a tally of useful things where you need a minimum number of useful things. An ex useful thing doesn't have to be replaced with a new useful thing.
- culi 4y agoI have a ton of these things, but the issue is most of them were rescued from the trash in the first place. I have 3 monitors, about a dozen pairs of really expensive shoes, lots of workout equipment, kitchen appliances that I've never used, and way too much furniture Every time a friend moves somewhere and they go to IKEA I cringe a little. Go to any nearby university during move out season and they'll have giant trailers full of barely-used furniture and appliances. Unfortunately, manufacturing new things is just more profitable and the second-hand market goes against the core principles of our economic system of production
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoIf I have it, and I need it, but I've got so much stuff that I don't remember that I have it at the time I need it, then what good was having it in the first place?