i'm actually wondering why we need the things we do.
how did our society (U.S) become so reliant on external (needless) things?
its not just about having a place to sit in our home, but having the biggest, leather, L-sectional with reclining seats and cup holders, and....etc.
why, when nice second-hand chair will do the same? or?...what about the chair you currently have? why do you need bigger? why more?
i understand that we live in a capatalist society, and that things beget things and sales create money...etc.
but sometimes we need to sit back and say...do we REALLY need that?
can we accomplish the same function with something else? and most importantly WHY...WHY is it i want the other one? (because its new? because its Really expensive? because it has tons of features that i wont use anyway? or because only the rich have one....
do we as americans have so little else going on in our lives that our focus is on not what we Have, but what we dont?
cuz it seems that the MINUTE we get what we've been wanting, our sites go immediately towards something else....that we dont have.
i truly believe the minimalist movement has something to add to peace of mind.
although with children...this complicates..
