So, this has been a recurring topic for some time now on the podcast: Gus and Burnie are huge supporters of getting rid of as much stuff as possible, and Michael said he is in the stage of acquiring stuff.
I recently had a huge swing from more to less, and it was very sudden. I was getting rid of an old couch, and I ripped it apart and threw it in the trash. Then I looked around my house, and before you knew it, years of magazines, old VHS tapes, old books, old shoes, old games, it all had to go too.
Just wondering where other people fall on this spectrum.
I think it has to do with how old you are. Once you have a house and you know where everything fits into it (like Gus and Burnie), you wind up getting rid of a lot of stuff that just doesn't fit. When you're young and just starting out (like Michael), you have to get all of that stuff. It's really more of a linear progress of:
Don't have a lot of stuff -> acquire stuff over the course of your life -> realize you have a lot of stuff that doesn't go anywhere -> get rid of stuff.
I think it has to do with how old you are. Once you have a house and you know where everything fits into it (like Gus and Burnie), you wind up getting rid of a lot of stuff that just doesn't fit. When you're young and just starting out (like Michael), you have to get all of that stuff. It's really more of a linear progress of:
Don't have a lot of stuff -> acquire stuff over the course of your life -> realize you have a lot of stuff that doesn't go anywhere -> get rid of stuff.
You can never have too much stuff, just not enough room for all of it.
