It has inspired me so far to delete 8 pages of old emails that I really don’t need, and to finally empty a cardboard box which has sat there untouched since we moved into the flat more than 2 years ago.
But it is not just about not owning stuff, more about being aware of the things you do own, having less of things you just don’t need, and not just buying things for the sake of it. Reading this blog has made me more aware of the things in my life that my grandparents would count as ‘luxury’ items, stuff I could live without, like the microwave, TV and dishwasher and more aware of items which I could live without but make my life easier like my car or hairdryer.
In one post he tries to list his 10 essentials, but only gets to 8. Over the last couple of days I have tried to come up with my own 10 essentials, but have found this near impossible without knowing what activity I would be faced with. If I was making books I would need my knife, steal rule, pencil, needle, thread, etc, going to work, for a walk or run require their own essentials. Basically I have bought into the consumer society and believed the advertisers when they tell me that I need all this stuff.
I think that I am on the beginning of a long journey to reassess my life and what is important in it. The image above is of Hugh Fearnley-Wittingstall and when it says ‘I want to be like Hugh’, I mean it. I like his ideas about life and food, that our food should be sustainable, we should grow our own (we do a bit) and that our work-life balance is important. I want to take all these ideas and turn them into a life with more time to do the things I enjoy with the people I love.
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