Charles and Debbie...you are, to my mind...extremely unusual people. I
am slowly coming to realize just how attached I am to material goods.
It's time,for example, for me to give my collection of Asterix and
Tintin to my grandchildren. But I have dilly-dallied on this for a
month!
And...regarding those pre-cut vegetables....they are pointless IF we
have the time to process the vegetables ourselves, and delight in
doing so. There are times, however ("Oh, hi, we've just landed, and we
are coming over for lunch...I know you won't mind if we bring 3
friends along.") when pre-cut is very convenient! I am frankly more
worried about getting some food on the table than about essential
nutrients and oils :D
I agree...one of the most interesting threads I've read. It shows me,
too, how different we can be in our approach to purchases. Eg.For
international travel, I would (being only 5 feet tall,and not very
wide) travel in cattle class and spend the saved money on travel in
the destination.
On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 10:39 AM, Charles Haynes
<charles.hay...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My partner Debbie and I have 30kg of stuff. Each. That's it. (Ok, right
> this minute we're actually living in a house! With housemates! So we've
> bought a few more "things" that we will leave behind when we leave, but the
> general rule remains.)
>
> So every single thing we own must satisfy one or both of the criteria:
>
> 1. It's beautiful
> 2. You love it
>
> When you only own one of a thing, or you can only have one of the ten
> things you think you want the cost becomes less important and the beauty
> and lasting love for it becomes much more significant. For the last ten
> years I've carried around a ten-inch chef's knife that I love, but I think
> it's time to leave it behind. I can't imagine buying pre-cut vegetables -
> the joy I get from picking out the perfect eggplant, cutting it just so
> with the perfect tool, and cooking it just the way I like it versus saving
> a few minutes in preparing food is just not worth it to me.
>
> Oh - I bought a new 13" MacBook Pro. :)
>
> -- Charles
>
> On Tue, 29 Nov 2016 at 15:49 Vinayak Hegde <vinay...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 9:38 AM, Amitha Singh <amithasi...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 8:26 AM, Udhay Shankar N <ud...@pobox.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I saw a post by Ramit Sethi [1] that got me thinking.
>> >>
>> >> What, to you, are the things that are worth the extra that you might
>> pay?
>> >>
>> >> My incomplete list:
>> >>
>> >> Shoes, computers, fragrance.
>> >>
>> >> Udhay
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> [1] http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/5-things-that-are-worth-
>> >> the-money
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
>> >>
>> >> Coming out of the woodwork for this! :)
>> >
>> > I have been trying to follow the concept of simplistic living over the
>> past
>> > 7 years. Buy only what you need, buy only on cash and not credit, give
>> away
>> > things you haven't used for 9-12 months (barring sarees ;)) and so on...
>> Of
>> > course my 14-year old daughter hates it because according to her she is
>> in
>> > the "want" stage of life and doesn't like to be content with just "needs"
>> >
>> > Having said that, over these years that I have chosen this path, I've
>> > realized there are three things I absolutely cannot resist splurging on -
>> > books, travel and sports goods (Decathlon has been my Waterloo for years
>> > now)
>> > So I have made sure these three go in to my "need for the soul" list!
>> (Note
>> > how I've convinced myself these are still "needs" and not "wants"!)
>>
>> I think this article is pertinent to this thread. I often found that I
>> use this "mental accounting" both to spend and justify it as well.
>>
>>
>> http://qz.com/825006/this-classic-thought-experiment-explains-the-weird-decisions-we-make-about-spending-money/
>>
>> -- Vinayak
>>
>>
