I’m at war with STUFF. Clutter. Crap. Stupid Amazon boxes and pointless plastic $4.99-on-sale-impulse-buy-TjMax shit that just takes up space. The wasted energy kills me. A factory of workers in china makes this stuff. A boat takes it to America. Then vans drive my 2 AA batteries in a shoebox size box full of plastic. Then I have to pay extra because my stupid dumpster is too full. And the addiction and reliance of dumb stuff. Sh*t, this fancy coffee maker I barely use needs special cleaning stuff that I don’t have. What a bummer. Gotta acquire more stuff. We mindlessly buy this pointless stuff. Then buy more stuff to store our stuff. Then a bigger house to make space for more stuff. And you can’t have an empty house, so get more stuff!!! Our stuff starts owning us. I wanna own my stuff, not the other way around. My strategies for my war on stuff: 1. Buy for life: this isn’t about money. I like spending on stuff that really makes me happy. And when I want stuff, I want the best stuff. But I want stuff to last for a long time. I try to buy stuff that can last decades, can be fixed, and sometimes, gets better with age. A sick leather jacket that patinas nicely and is worth fixing if I rip it. Stuff that isn’t plastic. Durable USB cords. Whatever. Even if it’s 10x more than the cheap stuff. 2. Reduce, reuse. Forget recycling. It all gets thrown away. That blue bin stuff is a myth. Glass, metal, ceramic. I try to buy stuff that I can reuse, repurposed. 3. Intentionality. Will this stuff I wanna buy make me happy or clutter my life? Sometimes, it does give me joy! I love my fancy computer monitor or ice cream maker. Will I use this pineapple cutter? No, I eat pineapple like once a year. A knife will suffice. All my old grey hair friends say I will love this war on stuff. With a family they say YOU MEED MORE STUFF! But I’m going down fighting. Ok. Rant over. Gotta go break down a bunch of dumb Amazon boxes.