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Subject: Re: How to Want Less Date: 7/7/06 2:53 PM
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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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