Less is (much) more

No, this is not a lesson in writing essays, nor a recommendation on the serving size for our daily meals. Take a look around your room, your home, your dresser, your car, your work desk, your brain. I'm referring to all the clutter and possessions that merely collect dust. Your clothing and accessories, for example, most likely follow the almighty 80/20 rule, in that you only wear 20% of everything you own.

Why is this? What compulsiveness and desires drive us to buy buy buy? And to what effective end, if our material possessions merely lose its utility and repeatedly become junk?

Or maybe it's an inability to let go of our possessions. Is there a symbolic association with the material as a replacement for the immaterial?

With less focus on things that might improve our feelings temporarily, we can have more time for the everlasting. Love, friendship, family. These values are self-sustaining and have driven the purpose of our existence, regardless of which paleontological era or the extent of our consumerism. So, comb through the junk and look a little deeper. What you'll find has always been there, but can offer so much more.