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Originally Posted by livi
When me and my former spouse separated I was in a state of chaos. I had no interest in my belongings what so ever. I just needed badly to get out, which some of you very helpful and supportive guys may remember. I literary went out that door with the cloths I was wearing, an old piano, my guitars and the Porsche. Everything else I left behind.
I have not missed one iota. Nothing. Zero.
In all the bad commotion, I could actually feel a separate sense of relief, rid of my materialistic burden, as it were.
Does that make any sense ?
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Yes it does. I never understood the t-shirt slogan "whoever dies with the most toys wins". I spent a lifetime accumulating art and gadgets of every description, but for the past year we have been selling off whatever we could - keeping only a handful of favourites. Not for the money - but just to simplify our lives.
We're not old by any means - but want to be free of the burden of so many possessions.
We have a large house in town, and a much smaller recreational property - and guess what? Increasingly we prefer to spend time at the recreational property, where life is simple and uncomplicated.
Friends of ours sold up, and bought a small flat in Paris and a small cottage on Crete, near the sea. Both places are minimally furnished. And these are people who acquired things all of their lives! And now they couldn't be happier!