Originally Posted by
Newspaperguy
Saving old things and living simply are not necessarily at odds, but my idea of living simply means choosing which things are worth saving and which should be discarded.
A lot depends on how often a person moves. I've lived a fairly mobile life, and it's served me well to not own much physical stuff. My brother is the opposite. He lives within walking distance of where he was born and he still has just about everything he's ever owned stashed away in some barn or another. ("Yeah, I still have great granddad's mule drawn plow, wanna see it?"). I think we secretly envy each other
