Life without lots of stuff

Dr House

Dr House

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So a few years ago I had a big change in life circumstances, I changed my job, I got divorced, at the time I had lots and lots of junk/toys, several cars and a 6500 sq foot mansion, big home cinema system.......

So I changed the way I live, I left everything behind and got rid of most of my clothes and other possessions and only kept enough stuff that could fit into one car.

I now basically only have a MacBook, iPhone, Bluetooth speaker, one watch, one car, one nice pen and the clothes I actually need and a couple of pairs of decent shoes and nothing else.

I had spent my life chasing material assets and spending money on things I don't actually need. I know its stragne but life without all the clutter is actually really nice. It's so easy to move, I don't have to worry about insuring my stuff, things getting lost or what crap I want to buy next.

Anyone else done soemthing similer?
 
Most of my stuff is worthless or cheap when bought and I'm slowly decluttering.

I want to be in a position that if I move I want everything to fit in a transit van in one trip, including furniture.
 
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I remember having a conversation and a meal with you in a hotel in Ahmedabad at the same time this must have been going on in your life.

Ballsy move, because I am hung up on my materialist 'things'. Not sure if I could ever do it, but I know that other people who HAVE done it swear by its benefits.
 
I'm moving into my new house on Friday and all of my belongings (save for mountain bike) can fit in 1 car load :D I intend to keep it, and my life, as clutter free as possible.
 
I can fit everything I own into one large suitcase, which is very useful as I move around quite a lot. I despair when I look at the amount of crap my parents hoard in their house - books they'll never read, DVDs they'll never watch, manuals for stuff that got thrown away years ago etc etc. The house is always very tidy, but it'd feel so much more spacious if they got rid of all the stuff they will obviously never use again.

I'd happily try life in a 6500 sq foot mansion though, in the interests of balance naturally.
 
Not got rid of a lot of stuff but I do buy a lot less new stuff these days and don't see any real detriment
 
I haven't done it but desperately want to. I would love to be able to fit everything into a couple of cases and just move around, living where I felt like it.

I have far too much clutter but lately whenever I've bought something I try to only buy stuff that can meet more than purpose.
 
I live in a tiny London Studio with the girlfriend so I've had to learn to not horde stuff and I only tend to purchase things that are essential.

I have a large CD collection and a fair few guitars but other than that, its a laptop and desktop. I don't own a car.
 
I'm in the opposite situation. I aspire to attain the nice things in life; the big house, nice cars etc. Because at the moment, being a student, I have very little. If you don't mind me asking, did you give up your house etc voluntarily?
 
This is my plan when I finish training, hopefully should have my pick of jobs and I will try to move around looking for more and more money.
 
I'd never been in a position to have lots of material things, so when I moved here, everything I needed was just in one suitcase, mostly clothes, a few books and a laptop. Was handy, as I was moving house every few months, and it made packing easy. I did leave my guitar and my vinyls with friends before I came though :p

After 5 years here, we seem to now have lots of...stuff. I was fixing my laptop the other day when I realised that we now have 6 of them between two of us (!), a drawer full of phones, tvs, consoles, a small library, enough clothes to fill a wall of wardrobes etc... Made me kind of miss being able to fit my life in a suitcase.

That said, when we do leave, I don't imagine myself having a probably with getting rid of almost all of it. It's just stuff.
 
Rifte said:
I remember having a conversation and a meal with you in a hotel in Ahmedabad at the same time this must have been going on in your life.

Ballsy move, because I am hung up on my materialist 'things'. Not sure if I could ever do it, but I know that other people who HAVE done it swear by its benefits.
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Yep, that was about the time, I got all the issues we where having in India sorted a few months after we met. Hows life going. Drop me a whatsapp message would be interesting to catch up.

deuse said:
So in other words your X-Mrs had a better solicitor :p
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Lol still in court but 6 figure legal fees later its still going on, it did look bad for me a few months ago but its actually going to end fairly for both of us soon.
 
I struggle to de-clutter my life as I tend to hoard items from long abandoned hobbies that are not really worth selling.

I also never throw out PC components after upgrading...
 
Dr House said:
Really dam good, I don't think I have ever been happier. Lots of travelling, really good friends, I work crazy hours but I love my job and have met a nice girl so can't complain.

How about your self?
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Excellent, good to hear! These things usually go one of two ways, willpower is one of the big deciders.

I'm in a rut, plateaued as such. Changes also to come in the way of job (completely different direction) which will require capital and trim down on the bills. Also an important question to the other half. Big changes on the horizon.
 
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