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I haven't found anything that has motivated me to ACTUALLY want less stuff. And I certainly haven't found anything that describes how to go about achieving this mindset.
Step one: Avoid people who want you to want more stuff: - Throw away catalogs without reading them. - Don't watch commercials on television. - Don't read the adverts in the weekly paper. - Don't hang out in shopping areas for recreation
Step two: Realize how much junk you have now, and how much trouble it is: - Take a complete inventory of your house contents for insurance purposes - Do a weekly "27-fling boogie" a la Flylady (go through the house and find twenty seven things that you don't want to keep anymore). - Visualize moving all of your stuff to a new home, or your heirs going through everything after your death
Step three: Learn to appreciate the stuff you have - Keep warranties - Perform basic repair & maintenance - Loan things you don't use frequently to other people
Step four: Think about what else you might want, instead of more stuff
Good luck with your progress! - Megan
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