Every possession consumes some combination of money, space, time, and thought.

RESILIENCE

WHAT THIS MEANS

Nothing you own is free after purchase. Everything takes some space, some cleaning, some maintenance, some low-level attention, some decision about whether to keep it. Individually these are trivial and collectively they amount to a real ongoing tax on your life that never appears as a bill.

Before acquiring something, count the upkeep as well as the price. And consider removing a few things you already own that are quietly charging you rent in attention.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Which thing you own takes more from you than it gives?

MORE IN CHOICE & CONSEQUENCE

Free, with nothing to buy inside it.