Don't just recognize it's ok, recognize it's pretty damn awesome. Including my car (which has been paid off for at least a year), I don't have $20,000 worth of possessions, period. And that figure is based on what I originally paid for my stuff. Most people have cars more expensive than all my worldly possessions combined. That feels really good.

And what's more, I don't want anything else. This lifestyle is incredibly liberating, unless of course you have a family, in which case this article doesn't remotely apply to you anyway. Bottom line: the less you have to lose, the more you can risk.

"It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything."