Living with a lot less

I too like living with relatively little stuff.

Alas, stuff accumulates, much of it because it's useful. It's nice to have a hammer, a drill, a tape measure...and several dozen other tools. I have my regular boots, but I've since added dress boots and running shoes. I have a Kindle, a Nexus 4, and a Raspberry Pi, so of course I need a dedicated micro-USB cable for each device. I have electrical tape, duct tape, masking tape, AND packing tape.

I've gotten better at not having useless cruft, but I still have thing-creep with useful things I only occasionally need, but want right away when I do need them.

I also have the fortune of living in a housing co-operative, so I can easily winnow down on many things that we have in the house, but that I don't personally own or keep in my personal space, but the problem repeats itself on a house-level scale as well.

His ecological footprint is still much, much, higher than the global average. He is not living in poverty and never will.