My partner Debbie and I have 30kg of stuff. Each. That's it. (Ok, right this minute we're actually living in a house! With housemates! So we've bought a few more "things" that we will leave behind when we leave, but the general rule remains.)
So every single thing we own must satisfy one or both of the criteria: 1. It's beautiful 2. You love it When you only own one of a thing, or you can only have one of the ten things you think you want the cost becomes less important and the beauty and lasting love for it becomes much more significant. For the last ten years I've carried around a ten-inch chef's knife that I love, but I think it's time to leave it behind. I can't imagine buying pre-cut vegetables - the joy I get from picking out the perfect eggplant, cutting it just so with the perfect tool, and cooking it just the way I like it versus saving a few minutes in preparing food is just not worth it to me. Oh - I bought a new 13" MacBook Pro. :) -- Charles On Tue, 29 Nov 2016 at 15:49 Vinayak Hegde <vinay...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 9:38 AM, Amitha Singh <amithasi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 8:26 AM, Udhay Shankar N <ud...@pobox.com> > wrote: > > > >> I saw a post by Ramit Sethi [1] that got me thinking. > >> > >> What, to you, are the things that are worth the extra that you might > pay? > >> > >> My incomplete list: > >> > >> Shoes, computers, fragrance. > >> > >> Udhay > >> > >> > >> [1] http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/5-things-that-are-worth- > >> the-money > >> > >> -- > >> ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > >> > >> Coming out of the woodwork for this! :) > > > > I have been trying to follow the concept of simplistic living over the > past > > 7 years. Buy only what you need, buy only on cash and not credit, give > away > > things you haven't used for 9-12 months (barring sarees ;)) and so on... > Of > > course my 14-year old daughter hates it because according to her she is > in > > the "want" stage of life and doesn't like to be content with just "needs" > > > > Having said that, over these years that I have chosen this path, I've > > realized there are three things I absolutely cannot resist splurging on - > > books, travel and sports goods (Decathlon has been my Waterloo for years > > now) > > So I have made sure these three go in to my "need for the soul" list! > (Note > > how I've convinced myself these are still "needs" and not "wants"!) > > I think this article is pertinent to this thread. I often found that I > use this "mental accounting" both to spend and justify it as well. > > > http://qz.com/825006/this-classic-thought-experiment-explains-the-weird-decisions-we-make-about-spending-money/ > > -- Vinayak > >
