Possessed by Possessions

Do we have more stuff than we actually need or want
by Alison Bonds Shapiro, M.B.A. in Healing Into Possibility
Originally published online by Psychology Today

I met a woman the other day whose story intrigued me and helped me think about something that has been on my mind for some time now. When the last of their 3 children grew up and went to college, she and her husband sold their house and their belongings - all but a few essentials - and moved onto a 42-foot boat. If you have ever been on a 42-foot boat you know there is very little storage space.

Storage space allows us to accumulate things - rooms and piles of stuff. You can't keep many possessions without a place to put them. I have been thinking about possessions lately. I am also in the process of downsizing although I won't be living on a boat (as delightful an idea as that may be). As I do downsize I have been wondering about the balance between enough and too much. What are the benefits and costs of having possessions?...Read The origianl article