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by pdxgene 2927 days ago
I moved across the US a year ago, and moving with a single suitcase (until the moving truck arrived, months later) re-taught me how little I need in order to live comfortably.

Since then, I've been aggressively paring back my "material footprint", and every thing I shed makes me feel a little lighter.

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I recently moved countries and managed to pack my whole life into an old army duffel bag.

It was so liberating. I was trying to make sure that if I want to move again that I could still do that. Unfortunately I now own a house worth of furniture (including 3 queen size beds).

In one religious ideology here in India, they actually focus on one thing which is being non-materialistic