<story><title>There Is Too Much Stuff</title><url>https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/05/too-many-options/590185/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jen729w</author><text>I don’t want to come off as all holier-than-thou, and probably will, but here goes.&lt;p&gt;My girlfriend moved in with me about a year ago and, in the process, we cleaned out a lot of ‘stuff’. Personal stuff, kitchen stuff, knick-knack stuff, furniture stuff, memento stuff, clothes stuff ... just all the stuff that you accumulate as you move through life. (We’re both ~40.)&lt;p&gt;Since then, we’ve been very careful not to accumulate more stuff. I’m not exaggerating when I say that we deliberate over a new kitchen utensil. We don’t buy &lt;i&gt;anything&lt;/i&gt; unnecessary.&lt;p&gt;It’s amazing. Our home is amazing. We live in a mid-sized apartment but it feels spacious because it’s not full of stuff. Life is simpler. There’s less to clean. What there is to clean is easier because—you guessed it—it’s not covered in stuff.&lt;p&gt;Buy less stuff. Throw most of your stuff away. You almost certainly don’t need it.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>coldtea</author><text>You might be interested in this 10 year old (well, ancient, but rebranded for millennials) trend called &amp;quot;minimalism&amp;quot;:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.becomingminimalist.com&amp;#x2F;what-is-minimalism&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.becomingminimalist.com&amp;#x2F;what-is-minimalism&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theminimalists.com&amp;#x2F;archives&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theminimalists.com&amp;#x2F;archives&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;And relevant vloggers:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=jrf_dMnatW0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=jrf_dMnatW0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=zVcwvCL2C2c&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=zVcwvCL2C2c&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;channel&amp;#x2F;UCCZ40QwZtFs_7h5MZ0ZTTwg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;channel&amp;#x2F;UCCZ40QwZtFs_7h5MZ0ZTTwg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;and so on...</text></comment>
<story><title>There Is Too Much Stuff</title><url>https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/05/too-many-options/590185/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jen729w</author><text>I don’t want to come off as all holier-than-thou, and probably will, but here goes.&lt;p&gt;My girlfriend moved in with me about a year ago and, in the process, we cleaned out a lot of ‘stuff’. Personal stuff, kitchen stuff, knick-knack stuff, furniture stuff, memento stuff, clothes stuff ... just all the stuff that you accumulate as you move through life. (We’re both ~40.)&lt;p&gt;Since then, we’ve been very careful not to accumulate more stuff. I’m not exaggerating when I say that we deliberate over a new kitchen utensil. We don’t buy &lt;i&gt;anything&lt;/i&gt; unnecessary.&lt;p&gt;It’s amazing. Our home is amazing. We live in a mid-sized apartment but it feels spacious because it’s not full of stuff. Life is simpler. There’s less to clean. What there is to clean is easier because—you guessed it—it’s not covered in stuff.&lt;p&gt;Buy less stuff. Throw most of your stuff away. You almost certainly don’t need it.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tty2300</author><text>Sell or give away before throwing away. I have listed a bunch of stuff I don&amp;#x27;t particularly want on eBay it costs me nothing and often someone near by eventually finds it and wants it. I recently sold something I listed in 2017.</text></comment>