"Now that my kids are grown, I fantasize about giving away all our belongings, buying a beat-up hippie van, stuffing a mattress in it, and driving off-it doesn't even matter where my husband and I go. (My husband is okay with this, as long as there's a kiteboard strapped to the roof.) Owning nothing, being free, and not being a slave to the dollar has great appeal."
"Along the esplanades of San Diego, a formerly practicing physician has been found gliding on a pair of rollerblades. John Kitchin, nicknamed SloMo, gave up his monied life, walked away from his house and fancy car, and found a basic apartment to live a simple existence. The gliding former physician had tapped into something. It's a philosophy that embraces the real meaning of life, not the worship of material goods."
Many people fantasize about shedding possessions to gain freedom and escape financial servitude, sometimes imagining travel or simpler living. Some individuals actually abandon monied lifestyles to pursue minimal, basic existences, finding greater meaning beyond material goods. Frugal living emphasizes using less, repairing and reusing items, avoiding needless consumption, and refusing to waste food. Households without excess items maintain simple, efficient aesthetics and avoid hoarding. Physical clutter increases mental busyness and internal chaos, and environmental disorder often correlates with muddled thinking. A study in the Journal of Environmental Psychology found that excessive possessions can clutter thinking and cognitively hamper individuals.
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