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Don't get me started.

I have worked in the advertising world and I must say that advertising is the single most caustic force on our sense of balance and well being. Ads exist for one reason only: to provoke a sense of dissatisfaction with your current status, possessions, or appearance. The hope of the advertiser is that if they can provoke enough dissatisfaction, you will be motivated to purchase their product as a "cure" for what you lack. When you consider that the average American is exposed to approximately 600 ads in a day, is it any wonder that we live in a perpetually unhappy culture where "more" is considered to be the default answer for all of our problems, real or imagined.

I think when Anderson suggested living minimally he wasn't endorsing that I go out and buy an Eames recliner and a Noguchi coffee table... or was he?

Perceived obsolescence. Everyone should watch "The Story of Stuff" which is a free internet movie. It will open up your eyes to what we have been a victim to as consumers.

i think another factor is because we often fill our lives with trivial, meaningless junk and THINGS.

What people should value most isn't stuff, but, well, people.

In my opinion, a lack of something in a relationship (or lack of relationships) is a main reason why people constantly fill their lives with meaningless and perishable crap.

I have a relationship with my orla keily tableclothe.

lol

Ask ypuirself what you'd grab in a fire. If the answer is your Prada handbag well maybe.....

oops!

You want living minimally . . . check out this dude. Needless to say he's not bringing girls back to his crib.

http://men.style.com/details/features/landing?id=content_9817=yhp

nice to say when you don't have children LOL