Comments on: Downsizing For A Digital Nomad Life

By: mum

mum — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:24:32 +0000

Is that because the sentimental stuff is still in your cupboard at my place clutting up my house .lol
Love you Mum XXXXXX

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:25:29 +0000

When you hit the road you really see just how little you need. Obviously travel is suited to owning little but seeing the modest ways so much of the world lives also helps you distinguish those wants from needs.

Oddly apparently mobiles are a need, think that one slipped past quietly.

By: Anil

Anil — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:29:49 +0000

Need and want are often confused. We really don’t need that much to get along in life.

By: John Bardos - JetSetCitizen

John Bardos - JetSetCitizen — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:55:48 +0000

I definitely agree here.

Stuff is not only a waste of money, but it is a waste of brain power. We spend so much time shopping, maintaining, cleaning and protecting stuff.

If you don’t own things, you don’t covet things. It is very refreshing. However, I still have a way to go to cut down on my possessions.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:24:48 +0000

Yep, stuff definitely holds back the digital nomad in us. My parents guilted me into keeping my queen size bed/boxspring (which indeed, was new and very nice!) and a kitchen table set they’d bought me as a gift 10 years ago.

Ironically, if I’m going to be looking for an apartment in NYC, chances are good I won’t be able to afford one where I can fit my old bed, let alone a kitchen table set. I’ll be simply looking for a small room to rent. So why have I been holding onto this stuff the last 2 years and paying for a bigger storage locker to hold it?

Shrug.