A possession can belong to you legally and occupy someone else’s time practically.

Owning something is not the same as bearing it. The house, the boat, the car, the collection, all require somebody’s hours of cleaning, arranging, repairing, and worrying, and often that somebody is not the owner. Legal possession and practical burden can sit with entirely different people.

Before acquiring anything substantial, ask whose time it will occupy. In households this is worth saying out loud, because the answer is often assumed rather than agreed. And it is a good test of whether you want the thing or the idea of it.