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Posted by Ed 12 yrs ago
I LIVE in a 420-square-foot studio. I sleep in a bed that folds down from the wall. I have six dress shirts. I have 10 shallow bowls that I use for salads and main dishes. When people come over for dinner, I pull out my extendable dining room table. I don’t have a single CD or DVD and I have 10 percent of the books I once did.


I have come a long way from the life I had in the late ’90s, when, flush with cash from an Internet start-up sale, I had a giant house crammed with stuff — electronics and cars and appliances and gadgets.



More http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/opinion/sunday/living-with-less-a-lot-less.html?src=me&_r=0

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Ed 12 yrs ago
Heh heh... I don't have a garage... and if I did it would be used to park a car... not 'stuff'


Nobody says it better than the late great George Carlin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvgN5gCuLac

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Ed 12 yrs ago
And here's the guy who is the father of consumerism, PR and marketing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prTarrgvkjo

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carynbanker51 12 yrs ago
Great Post, Ed. I liked the NYT article and 'The Story of Stuff' and 'The Century of the Self' are ESSENTIAL viewing, (right along with 'The Secret of Oz' or 'The Money Managers').

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