How much STUFF do we need?

[bmccasland]

I'm going a year with much of my "stuff" still in packing boxes. Yes, I've survived a year without them. No, I'm not happy about it. I want to be able to unpack my sewing room. I want art on my walls.

The square footage of my rental house isn't bad, but the lay-out sucks. The livingroom is too big and the 2nd bedroom is too tiny. Because of a gas stove in one corner of the livingroom, I'm limited with the layout. So, I wouldn't mind having a house that's less than 1000 sq ft, but the layout of the rooms has to be right.

[Pax]

OH MY GOSH- I have seriously dreamed of living in a place like that- but it will never happen. I love the tiny house movement. My hubs is a semi-hoarder and I could live with everything I own in a box (bikes, excluded). How do we wind up with such polar-opposite partners sometimes?

I've often wondered that.

I keep hoping mine will be willing to try long term trips in the motorhome we're planning to buy... and with any luck enjoy it enough to consider making it our only home when we retire. *fingerscrossed*

[Melalvai]

I just read an article about a medical resident who has 89 possessions, and 36 of those he carries with him in a backpack (which is one of the 36). When he started this he had over 700 possessions, and he heard about trying to live with less than 100 things. He didn't think that was feasible for him so he cut back to 500. That was easy so he kept going.

We have 2000 books and 1000 CDs and I don't know how many DVDs. I guess you can cheat a little by getting a kindle or nook, and using an mp3 player. Even with that I'm sure we'd still have well over 1000 things.

Anyway my husband's also a bit of a hoarder. As long as he is that, my stuff is safe.