Keeping up with the Jones

The problem with keeping up with the Jones ....

Items, things, junk, clutter ....
These are material things that we cannot take with us when we die. In one life time (let alone one year) It is surprising the amount of crap that can build up.

I am cleaning out the desk area and a dresser that we are getting rid of and I have 1 and 1/2 bags filled with crap that has piled up and that I do not use.

It is hard for me to have anything nice between my daughter and my husband. Either Boo is being her curious, climbing, unintentional destructive self or hubby gets into one of his moods that things are to cluttered or have to change and this, that and what ever else goes or gets moved. I have no personal space of my own that I can claim - because either one is into my things.

So I am decluttering my life ... the less stuff that I have then the less I will miss if anything happens.

Also money - money that buys stuff, food, etc - is the root of evil. People get stressed if there is not enough to pay bills or buy food. Nations fight over money or oil or gold or diamonds etc.

That is the problem with trying to keep up with the Jones ... people do not appreciate what they currently have and want more and more and better things. Look at the world around us .... the housing market crash, the economy, losing jobs, etc. If we were all just happy with what we have currently and stop trying to reach for the material stars and save for that proverbial rainy day ... things might be better off. SO that is what I am trying to do....