http://lifeexcursion.com/minimalist-poor/ Wandering Aimlessly to Passionate Direction Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:18:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://lifeexcursion.com/minimalist-poor/#comment-5847 Arky Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:10:59 +0000 http://lifeexcursion.com/?p=1198#comment-5847 I found this by searching Google for precisely the same question and unfortunately, nothing I've read has been of much substance on this issue as it pertains to me. Perhaps the person is in a similar situation as myself. I was never very big on consumerism myself, but after years of having a nice income, I did accumulate a small number of nice belongings. These belongings did not and do not make me poor. A change of circumstances has changed much: I no longer have my nice income; in fact, I'm unemployed. I long to get rid of my belongings so that in the future I may have less and so that I am free to quickly and easily move where life may take me. However, it's very difficult to let go of belongings when you're unsure of your future financial situation. So this issue is not a matter of putting myself in debt from accumulating too many belongings, but of holding on to items as a sense of security. Perhaps the person was looking for encouraging words in that direction. I found this by searching Google for precisely the same question and unfortunately, nothing I’ve read has been of much substance on this issue as it pertains to me. Perhaps the person is in a similar situation as myself. I was never very big on consumerism myself, but after years of having a nice income, I did accumulate a small number of nice belongings. These belongings did not and do not make me poor. A change of circumstances has changed much: I no longer have my nice income; in fact, I’m unemployed. I long to get rid of my belongings so that in the future I may have less and so that I am free to quickly and easily move where life may take me. However, it’s very difficult to let go of belongings when you’re unsure of your future financial situation. So this issue is not a matter of putting myself in debt from accumulating too many belongings, but of holding on to items as a sense of security. Perhaps the person was looking for encouraging words in that direction.

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