Stuff

Lately I've been thinking about stuff. No, really, I mean things, junk, collectibles, shit-knacks, ie:stuff!

I recently heard a Suze Orman interview, where she gives her best advice as, 'Don't buy unless you need it!'. Not 'unless you can afford it'.... unless you need it.... hmmm.

I was discussing this with a friend of mine who brought up the excellent idea of levels of need. Here's the conversation...

Me: 'I would really like a closet organizer, but I don't need one, everything I need to fit in there does. Things are just kind of piled in there and stacked on one another."

SBC: "You might not need the organizer in the way one needs food and shelter, but would it improve your quality of life?"

Me: Hm!

After some thought, I decided that yes it would improve my quality of life, as the slight unorganization of it all would no longer bug me, (as un-organization does...) however, I really don't need it, so I'm not going to buy it...

Another one of Suze's signature ideas is 'enough is enough' or when is 'enough - enough?'. The woman is a multi-multi- millionaire, and she ownes one pair of earrings. One. Pair . Of Earrings. She states that she could own more of course, but the one pair she has she likes so that is good enough for her... how cool is that? She says that the average person buys things they don't need to impress people they don't know, and to what end? Very true!

I think I'm going to ponder these ideas this week-end...