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Another consideration is: do you measure your self worth by the material possessions you’ve accumulated? We were recently in Utah visiting friends & family. At BYU & other places, we notices buildings with the name of
a prominent LDS family on them. Our friends told us the it was a condition of the gift that the family name
was shown on the buildings. This way it could not be mistaken who provided the funds.
Life is interesting.
This is an interesting video: Money for nothing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CB9OrGZ7-c&list=RD6CB9OrGZ7-c&start_radio=1 SilentDawning wrote:
Minyan Man wrote:
Our basement is filled with stuff “someone” could use but is never given away or offered to Goodwill, etc. (I’m starting to rant.)I believe this could be the accumulation of luxuries too.
As you recognized, the accumulation of “things” can be unhealthy too. If you’ve seen that show ‘Hoarders’ you know what I mean. Often, the accumulation of things (and not necessarily luxuries) is some other problem lurking underneath. Depression, lingering grief over the loss of a loved one (so the grieving person hangs on to the deceased person’s possessions), perhaps unhappiness in their relationships, burn-out. In those case, I guess the value of creating luxuries is found in creating a visible symptom (tip of the iceberg) that indicates change is necessary.
In my case, we have too much “stuff” because our house is smaller then the amount of stuff we accumulate and I don’t choose to spend my executive functioning resources in enforcing how to get it out more then I do. I haven’t found a budget friendly, learning disability friendly system that allows the clutter to be “hidden” from my view but available for my differently wired visual family members who loose everything they can’t see. i think that the statistical likelyhood of finding such a treasure is right up there with the odds of Willy Wonka getting the golden ticket
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