\u201cStuff\u201d\u2026we all wish for it, we even work really hard so we can have the means to get it, but the truth is that often times the idea of having it turns out to be much more exciting than the reality of what having it entails…<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been as guilty as the next person when it comes to getting excited about wanting new stuff. I am a tech junkie and I get super excited at the thought of getting every new tech toy that comes out, not to mention my love of all things Louis Vuitton and Christian Louboutin\u2026 \u00a0\u00a0Then there is my husband who is an outdoor adventure junkie so he gets super excited at the thought of getting every new outdoor adventure equipment that hits the market, not to mention his love of tools, trucks, guns and gadgets\u2026\u00a0 So when it comes to getting excited about new \u201cstuff\u201d we have done our share of over-purchasing it, so I speak from experience when I say that the idea of having stuff is often far more exciting than the reality of actually having it is.<\/p>\n
All of us get caught up in the excitement of dreaming about \u201cstuff\u201d and imagining what life would be like with it. But what we tend to forget during that excitement phase of wanting to get \u201cstuff\u201d is that once we buy it we\u2019ll have to find a place for it, we\u2019ll have to maintain it, we\u2019ll have to spend time taking care of it.\u00a0 Then there\u2019s the fact that a lot of \u201cstuff\u201d requires continuing costs in order to store it, insure in, maintain it, etc. And then there is time commitment\u2026the ridiculous time commitment that will have to be spent to continuously care for all that \u201cstuff\u201d.\u00a0 The saddest part is that a lot of that \u201cstuff\u201d ends up not being utilized nearly as much as you’d imagined it would.\u00a0 Before you know it all that \u201cstuff\u201d can start to own you\u2026<\/p>\n
I saw a quote today that read:\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cNot that you should own nothing, but that nothing should own you.\u201d\u00a0 Wise counsel. I\u2019m gonna try and be better at remembering that BEFORE I buy more “stuff”\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Have a fabulous day!<\/p>\n
~Amy Rees Anderson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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