Dematerialization: Step 1.5

Why Dematerialize?

I have come to feel like the possessions I own have somewhat come to rule my life.

• Stuff causes a lot of headaches. Think about how often stuff rules your life!
• People buy hefty insurance to guard their stuff
• People worry that their stuff will get stolen and get upset when it does
• It’s annoying to buy stuff and find that the value of your stuff has decreased
• People get jealous of other people’s stuff
• Sometimes people kill because they want other people’s stuff
• People work all day to provide their families with stuff
• Television tells us we need stuff
• People comment when you don’t have stuff (where is your microwave? How come you don’t have a juicer)
• People devote entire days to looking for stuff (let’s go to the mall, lets go to a flea market, antique show, shopping downtown, window shopping, birthday present opening, Christmas present stuff (shopping and opening).
• The more money you have, the more useless stuff you seem to accumulate
• If you have a big house, you work to fill it with lots of stuff (because empty is bad)
  

And this is just the short list!
Thinking about how much stuff rules my life made me decide to get rid of excess...