{"id":816,"date":"2006-03-29T15:42:15","date_gmt":"2006-03-29T20:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/?p=816"},"modified":"2006-03-31T17:43:02","modified_gmt":"2006-03-31T22:43:02","slug":"lifestyle-transgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.rebang.com\/?p=816","title":{"rendered":"Lifestyle Transgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"

A little over six years ago when I moved to the East Coast, I made a decision to start eliminating stuff<\/em> from my life. The relatively little I had was still too much for me.<\/p>\n

I was aware that the future job market probably meant I (and others) would need to be more mobile; able to pull up stakes and relocate on short notice. So downgrading made good sense to me. Years earlier I’d made some major changes in my life (like becoming pesce-vegetarian) so to me it seemed like a continuation of some unfinished business.<\/p>\n

With that in mind, the first thing I did was get rid of my furniture. To this day I have nothing more than a desk, a chair, a drawing table, and a simple wire shelf unit for an old television. That’s it.<\/p>\n

Similarly, I’ve gone through most of my belongings, eliminating that which is unnecessary or of no significant sentimental value. I’m not yet finished. The amount of junk collected over a lifetime is truly amazing; and I’m far from what anyone would call a packrat. Hopefully I’ll have reached a satisfactory level of non-ownership this year.<\/p>\n

So it’s with interest that I caught a post over on Brand Noise (Link)<\/a> pointing out an apparent trend(?) similar to my own behavior. I have to admit though, what’s being reported is pretty lame imo. A pact to not buy anything for only six months? Piece a cake.<\/p>\n

Why blog about this? Simple. Just because I want to eliminate the anchors in my life doesn’t mean I don’t like nice things. Far from it. I just value my freedom more. I simply want physical objects that are truly important and worth the hassle of ownership. The rest can exist in a virtual space as far as I’m concerned. If I get really attached to it, I’ll have it fabbed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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