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		<title>Why having less can set you free</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>We use to have lots of stuff. We want it, we buy it, we have it.
Generations before us did never have this amount of things like we own today.</p>
<p>And there is nothing wrong with having as much stuff as you want.</p>
<p>But&#8230;Do you think that the stuff you posess makes you happy? Or do you think [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We use to have lots of stuff. We want it, we buy it, we have it.<br />
Generations before us did never have this amount of things like we own today.</p>
<p>And there is nothing wrong with having as much stuff as you want.</p>
<p>But&#8230;Do you think that the stuff you posess makes you happy? Or do you think it gives you security?<br />
I also had a big wishlist in my head of &#8220;nice to have&#8217;s&#8221; And even if I never would buy it, it was still in my head.</p>
<p>I realised that wanting more of things you don&#8217;t have makes you wanting to have even more stuff if you get them.</p>
<p>On the contrary, to reduce your stuff  and wanting less gives you the opportunity to proof to yourself that you don&#8217;t need all that stuff, that you don&#8217;t even want to buy more stuff, but instead give your friends and family and your actions you are truely passionate about more time and energy.</p>
<p>That leads to a Life where you don&#8217;t need that Big-Money-Job but instead work on a job that you truely love.</p>
<p>You will realise that the things you own are enough which makes you feel kind of rich, cause you have everything you need already.</p>
<p>Nice to read: The essay <a href="http://www.paulgraham.com/stuff.html">&#8220;Stuff&#8221;</a> by Paul Graham</p>
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