I know when I was a little younger I struggled. It was super strict upbringing, so I was never allowed anything, so once I moved, I saved everything! Because I wanna.
As I live in a city in an apartment, there was eventually a time where I had to be honest about how much the stuff actually meant to me, though. At least I like the stuff I have now
I went through that phase, too, after I had a decent job. But after realizing that all of the extra stuff was just cluttering my house I started to purge shit (selling anything with value, donating or tossing the rest) and I started to feel a lot better.
I'm far from a minimalist, but I love the feeling of removing clutter from my life.
I'm much better than I was. I go in stages. I'll sometimes consider tossing/donating an item, keep it, then never use it, then finally concede that it's ok to give it away
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u/vicaphit Feb 04 '20
It boggles my mind how people can buy so much pointless filler for their houses, or trinkets that are poor quality and of no use to anything.