Everything you own eventually asks for space, care, attention, or repair.

Possessions are not passive. Each one takes up room, needs cleaning or servicing, occupies some small portion of your attention, and eventually presents a decision about repair or disposal. Nothing you own is free after the purchase. The total demand of your belongings is a real load, and it is one people rarely count because it arrives in tiny installments.

Add up what your things ask of you rather than what they cost. Where something takes more than it gives, let it go. Owning less is one of the more reliable ways to have more time.