How would you get along with having only 100 possessions?
March 8th, 2009 10:02 amWhile driving many kilometres during my holidays I heard a little snippet on the radio. The announcer talked about a man who had made a commitment to live for 12 months with only 100 possessions. He was about halfway through the 12 months and they were going to interview him to hear how he was going. Then the radio station dropped out and I was unable to hear the actual interview.
But it certainly got me thinking – initially I thought that 100 possessions was a very generous figure. Once I got into it a bit more I realised that 100 items were adding up very quickly. I started to try and work out which 100 items I would choose for 12 months….
There was the car, the computer, the lawnmower. The house itself, clothing for winter and summer, at least once change of each – you add this up – winter shoes, summer shoes, 2 pairs of socks, 2 pairs of underpants, 1 singlet, 1 warm jacket, 1 T-shirt, 1 long sleeved top, a belt – 11 itmes out of 100 are already gone. Toothbrush, toothpaste, floss – another 3. A towel, a comb, scissors to cut nails, a pencil, pen and paper….1 pot, knife, cutting board, cutlery….
You get the picture. Pretty scary. I supposed it depends too where this person was living – house of apartment, country or city….
Now that I have written my thoughts down, I did some research – and there are a lot of people doing 100 item challenges, purging possessions, compiling lists of their 100 itmes. There are different groups and “challenges”. Quite amazing, I didn’t think that this whole idea would be that popular. I am not sure how many actual participants there are and how many on-lookers!
Right now I don’t think I will take part in any of it, but it is certainly a great thing to declutter and have a good look at our material “wealth”. Eventually it is not wealth, it actually makes us poorer – the constant care for our possessions robs us of time and energy which might be better spent doing other things.
Till next time
Connie Your Yoga Partner
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