We arrive in this world with nothing, and we leave it with nothing.
So we don’t actually need that much stuff.
A Michelin-starred meal costing tens of thousands isn’t necessarily 1% more nutritious than a bowl of beef noodle soup. Extra houses, clothes unworn for years, things bought just for the sake of owning them—often they don’t make life any better. Instead, they require us to keep spending time, money, and energy maintaining them.
What’s truly costly has never been the things themselves, but the life we spend to own them.
Sell what should be sold; throw away what should be thrown away.
Rent what you can—there’s no need to buy it. Buy as few mass-produced goods with no real value as possible.
And don’t let the things you’re reluctant to part with from your past become a burden that keeps you from moving on to the next chapter of your life.
Money is just one form of the resources we have in life.
More important than “how much you own” is putting your time, money, and energy into things that can keep growing and compound over time:
Growing assets, expanding knowledge, a stronger body, greater abilities, and a life truly worth experiencing.
Own less. Grow more.
So we don’t actually need that much stuff.
A Michelin-starred meal costing tens of thousands isn’t necessarily 1% more nutritious than a bowl of beef noodle soup. Extra houses, clothes unworn for years, things bought just for the sake of owning them—often they don’t make life any better. Instead, they require us to keep spending time, money, and energy maintaining them.
What’s truly costly has never been the things themselves, but the life we spend to own them.
Sell what should be sold; throw away what should be thrown away.
Rent what you can—there’s no need to buy it. Buy as few mass-produced goods with no real value as possible.
And don’t let the things you’re reluctant to part with from your past become a burden that keeps you from moving on to the next chapter of your life.
Money is just one form of the resources we have in life.
More important than “how much you own” is putting your time, money, and energy into things that can keep growing and compound over time:
Growing assets, expanding knowledge, a stronger body, greater abilities, and a life truly worth experiencing.
Own less. Grow more.