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The things you own ... now own you?

Posted - November 21, 2018
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  • 17397
    Nope
      November 21, 2018 5:26 PM MST
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  • I've adopted a minimalist lifestyle myself. Clutter gives me anxiety.
      November 21, 2018 5:31 PM MST
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  • Good BA. I can't stand clutter either.
      February 4, 2019 11:17 AM MST
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  • 46117
    I have a real problem with that. Because I do not care at all.  

    It can all go up in smoke tomorrow and I will still be me and own me.

    Things are just trinkets and trash in the end.

    Not that I don't appreciate them, I do. I love a nice home, clothes, food,etc.  I am just saying, that I know what is truly important, and people and living creatures are where its at for me.

    I ain't selling my soul for anything worldly.

      November 21, 2018 5:32 PM MST
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  • In my line of work, I spend a lot of time in other people's homes. I see a disturbing amount of wall-to-wall tchotchkes on a daily basis.
      November 21, 2018 5:42 PM MST
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  • 46117
    I have a headache just reading that.

    I have half and half, I admit.

    I would love a minimalist atmosphere.  I'll bet it is perfection.  I'll bet you can FIND EVERYTHING.

    I need to clean my closets.  Thanks, for this reminder.  
      November 21, 2018 5:44 PM MST
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  • I'm still working on getting rid of some of the useless crap I've accumulated over my lifetime but I've scaled back immensely. It's a process but I'm almost there. I don't buy useless nick nacks anymore. 
      November 21, 2018 6:30 PM MST
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  • 46117
    No.  I don't do that one.  But I still have too much.  
      November 21, 2018 10:18 PM MST
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  • 44222
    tchotchkes...are you Russian or Jewish? Or both?
      November 21, 2018 5:45 PM MST
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  • 46117
    She even spelled it right.
      November 21, 2018 5:47 PM MST
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  • 44222
    I still don't know what it means. It sounds like something my mother would say in Yiddish. This post was edited by Element 99 at November 21, 2018 10:18 PM MST
      November 21, 2018 5:50 PM MST
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  • Neither, lol. I just like that word .
      November 21, 2018 6:24 PM MST
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  • 44222
    I could toss 90% of the things I have and wouldn't notice. Much of it is tools that I can physically no longer use. I gave my multi-thousand dollar coin collection to my children. I don't miss it. This post was edited by Element 99 at February 4, 2019 11:18 AM MST
      November 21, 2018 5:48 PM MST
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  • It's liberating to get rid of the stuff you don't need or use. It almost feels like losing weight. 
      November 21, 2018 6:32 PM MST
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  • 44222
    Would you speak to my wife, please. She is a borderline hoarder.
      November 21, 2018 6:35 PM MST
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  • Yikes  Good luck with that lol. 
      November 21, 2018 6:38 PM MST
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  • Sounds like you're talking about cats. 
    Well ... mine are all in the freezer, so my answer is "no."

      November 21, 2018 6:09 PM MST
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  • I see . You're not by any chance related to Jeffrey Dahmer? 
      November 21, 2018 6:26 PM MST
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  • No ... Colonel Sanders.  :)
      November 21, 2018 6:52 PM MST
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  • I knew there was a reason I don't eat at KFC. 
      November 21, 2018 6:56 PM MST
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  • 362
    that's one hell of a question lol
      November 21, 2018 10:23 PM MST
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  • 22891
    thats true
      November 22, 2018 9:51 AM MST
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  • 3684
    I think mine certainly own me.
      February 4, 2019 11:07 AM MST
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  • No way.  While I have some things that are of sentimental value, material items will never own me.
      February 4, 2019 11:16 AM MST
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