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- KatoHamatsu, on 06/13/2008, -2/+45Its easy, just ask the majority of poor people in this world with fewer than 100 things to their name.
- PrintScrn12, on 06/14/2008, -0/+41"Cait Simmons, 27, a waitress in Chicago, takes a different approach. Although she has pared down her footwear collection from 35 to 20 pairs"
I've two pairs of shoes and I'm not even trying. I have a feeling this challenge isn't really up her street. A good cleaning might be all she needs. - ViperCTW, on 06/14/2008, -4/+44I'm not going to bother to read this as I assume it is the typical "yuppie finds out he actually doesn't need all his crap and decides the world needs to share in his discovery" we get every few months.
- sgiffy, on 06/13/2008, -4/+25Personally, I think I'll just live my life and not get annoyingly obsessive with how I do it. Although I guess one of the luxuries of being rich is the time and energy to spend hours thinking about how to not be.
- leetdood, on 06/14/2008, -1/+21Yeah, and when I'm at it I'll start eating rice everyday, wear a burlap sack for clothing, and own nothing else.
100 things? Those pussies. - inactive, on 06/14/2008, -5/+221. food
2. porn
3. my hand - Ryan2845, on 06/14/2008, -0/+13All those grains of rice will easily put you over 100
- barkleydoom, on 06/14/2008, -0/+12I'd advise being out in the world, doing good deeds here and there. Not sitting at home rummaging through junk to put on ebay to reduce clutter. Does it really matter if you have 101 DVDs in your apartment, or 10 ties and 99 ice cubes? A little compassion and human decency first please. This seems like people having mid-life crises on an episode of Thirtysomething. :}
- Sagags, on 06/14/2008, -1/+11OMG SOMEONE PRESSED THE WRONG BUTTON, WHAT A IDIOT, HOW EMBARRASSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- stopbrorape, on 06/14/2008, -0/+10I've been living off this computer and buckets of urine.
- Skooma714, on 06/14/2008, -0/+10She's a woman. Asking her to part with her shoe collection is completely absurd.
- MrBastian, on 06/14/2008, -0/+10You forgot beer
- inactive, on 06/14/2008, -0/+9Please donate what you don't use to a good cause, goodwill, or salvation army. I do often and i never miss the stuff.
- fugazied, on 06/14/2008, -0/+8X5 is a sign of douchebagery. Its 'I like to think I am the outdoorsy type because I drive a BMW 4wd in the city'.
- bbarker, on 06/14/2008, -0/+8And that's it and that's the only thing I need, is this. I don't need this or this. Just this ashtray. And this paddle game, the ashtray and the paddle game and that's all I need. And this remote control. The ashtray, the paddle game, and the remote control, and that's all I need. And these matches. The ashtray, and these matches, and the remote control and the paddle ball. And this lamp. The ashtray, this paddle game and the remote control and the lamp and that's all I need. And that's all I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one - I need this. The paddle game, and the chair, and the remote control, and the matches, for sure. And this. And that's all I need. The ashtray, the remote control, the paddle game, this magazine and the chair.
- DiggzDE, on 06/14/2008, -1/+8I'm a college student. I don't own 100 things. Unless you count the pennies in my change jar.
- drpleau, on 06/14/2008, -3/+10Can I borrow your hand once in awhile?
- Sagags, on 06/14/2008, -2/+8you make it seem as if 100 things is a small amount
- HairyFotr, on 06/14/2008, -1/+7Speaking of rice...
http://www.freerice.com/index.php - yaddayaddayoda, on 06/14/2008, -0/+6I have more than 100 things in my Man-purse.
- djcreamy, on 06/14/2008, -1/+7Last month while my roommate was in Iraq, our landlord went bankrupt and I had to pack up his stuff for storage and my stuff for a new apartment.
Him: 60+ boxes, large pieces of furniture, and many oddities that wouldn't fit in a box. 5 hours of labor for the moving crew.
Me: 15 boxes, one large desk/chair, and one framed copy of the September 12, 2001 issue of WSJ (envy me). 1 hour of labor for the moving crew. I quickly appreciated how easily my life fit into those square boxes in the center of the room. I've since wondered what I could do get rid of a few boxes. I may be giving this a try. - iJessicaRabbit, on 06/14/2008, -1/+7wow.
I've always lived with at least one other girl; I even lived in a sorority house for four years. I've had to deal with some of the WORST PMS attitudes, and still none top the horribly ***** attitude you've adopted.
Come back when you're off the rag buddy.
(spell checked) - ch1ck3n3, on 06/14/2008, -0/+6dugg for reading the "100 thiongs" typo in the description and thinking it said 100 thongs.
- Skooma714, on 06/14/2008, -0/+6Keeping clutter down makes moving easier.
- desertDenizen, on 06/14/2008, -0/+6Actually, it's got some good quotes and terms, like "goal-oriented minimalism."
- captZEEbo, on 06/14/2008, -0/+6yeah living well means wearing a 20k watch!!! You must really have life figured out.
- Jenadae, on 06/14/2008, -0/+5Sadly alot of the clothes you give to goodwill or salvation get turned into rags :( literally...
- TexasShiv, on 06/14/2008, -3/+8I have worked hard for my money, and I will spend it and surround myself with things I enjoy, thank you very much.
100 things....Pft. - rolf, on 06/14/2008, -0/+5I would think owning more ***** is the time/energy waster in some situations, not just thinking about it.
Just think of the costs/time a car incurs: car itself, maintenance, fuel, insurance, periodic waxing/cleaning, etc. And that is one of the necessities in many places in America (I doubt people would put that much care into a bicycle).
How about other stuff? Sometimes we have so much stuff, we have to buy other stuff to:
1. Store/Organize it.
2. Maintain it.
3. Clean it.
and on and on and on. There are ways to minimize it -- my entire CD collection are now FLACs on my harddrive. Same with DVDs. Lot less headaches with maintaining that.
But at some point, you have to ask - is all this crap worth keeping? - bacon_skoda, on 06/14/2008, -0/+5is beer not food?
- DillonHinson, on 06/14/2008, -1/+6Dude, that's just gross.
- desertDenizen, on 06/14/2008, -1/+6I totally understand this; I felt the same way in my 20s and 30s. I'm now 40 and can afford almost anything I could want, but I've found that money I use to purchase experiences is the real gold. Stuff just weighs you down, clutters the mind. I used to own 10 suits. Now I own one, which I wear only for weddings and funerals. The irony is that showing up to a business meeting in flip flops and a t-shirt at my age buys more cred than my mercedes. It ends up screaming "Because I can." Anybody who shows up wearing a tie is selling something, in one way or another, including bankers and lawyers (*especially* them).
- ken830, on 06/14/2008, -0/+4This is impossible for me... Just computer equipment alone, I'm already past 100 things...
- ShorXrorE, on 06/14/2008, -0/+4i just have a buncha books....and some clothes....
- MrBastian, on 06/14/2008, -0/+4By cleaning you mean like a huge fire? :-P
- DillonHinson, on 06/14/2008, -0/+4It's much easier to part with personal items if you know they're going to a good cause, like helping out a less fortunate person. Much easier to handle than looking at the trash can.
- MaskedSlacker, on 06/14/2008, -0/+3Everything I own fits in my car (formerly a Chrysler Sebring, now a PT).
Convenient when you move more than 200 miles every few months. I'm thinking Seattle next... - ThatOtherGirl, on 06/14/2008, -0/+3I agree- there was a time in my childhood where we only had a suitcase-full of clothing (my mom and I shared the suitcase) and a cooler to sit on in our apartment. There were many hungry days, and until recently I had a real issue with keeping a full pantry. I wouldn't eat the items- I'd "save" them. Only by donating what I knew I'd never eat, and acknowledging the problem have I been able to overcome the issue. I still get a little tense over it, but we all have our demons. :)
- inactive, on 06/14/2008, -1/+4hahah wtf.
- klasikahl, on 06/14/2008, -0/+3Unless, of course, you have enough money to pay someone else to do all that nonsense for you.
- EggNogIceCream, on 06/14/2008, -1/+4Like a spell checker?
- CorneliusBear, on 06/14/2008, -1/+4I hope you all know that this kind of anti-consumerism propaganda is why our economy is going to hell.
What we all need is more things. There is a golden number of objects to own that brings about happiness, and you can bet your ass its more than 100. - Charun, on 06/14/2008, -0/+3TV?
Maybe some games? - inactive, on 06/14/2008, -1/+4you forgot the computer with internet connection
- AzureRise, on 06/14/2008, -0/+3I have one pair of shoes. I'm not necessarily poor, just don't see the point in owning so many shoes.
- Thrilltone, on 06/14/2008, -0/+3Hoarding is a form of OCD. They say it stems from fear,
perhaps from times when we had to do without something?
I gots it. I must have 10,000 things. - JoeVerrone, on 06/14/2008, -0/+3I get the idea of not collecting junk you'll never use but putting a number on the items you actually have is kind of stupid. Technically nobody needs any of this junk. You could probably get the list of things you need down to 10. But really the things we own are things we want. This was a stupid article.
- jkramlich, on 06/14/2008, -0/+3A good site to find others who want your old stuff is http://www.gigoit.org The site works for people in the US, Canada and the UK. Everything on the site is free. I've used it to get rid of about 50+ things including half of a blender. My neighbor apparently was missing the parts that I had and vice versa.
- desertDenizen, on 06/14/2008, -0/+3The acronym needs some decluttering of its own:
SHED: "Separate the treasures, Heave the trash, Embrace your identity from within and Drive yourself forward."
Jeesh. -
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