I Can Relate...

From The Beeb:

'21st-Century minimalist'

Meet Kelly Sutton, a spiky-haired 22-year-old software engineer with thick-rimmed glasses and an empty apartment in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighbourhood - a hotbed for New York's young, early adopters of new technology.

Mr Sutton is the founder of CultofLess.com, a website which has helped him sell or give away his possessions - apart from his laptop, an iPad, an Amazon Kindle, two external hard drives, a "few" articles of clothing and bed sheets for a mattress that was left in his newly rented apartment.  (Photo from the BBC article)

I guess I was just slightly ahead of my time when I got rid of 90% of my possessions back in 1999.  But RV'ers have been doing this sort of thing... Hell, people in general have been doing it... for ages now.  It's just that technology has made it possible to "take it with you" to a greater extent than before.

In that same vein... Getting rid of my books was perhaps THE most painful part of my downsizing.  But there's an app for that... I think I'm finally going to buy a Kindle.  The newest wi-fi version is selling for a reasonable $139.00, but they're completely sold out at this point.  I'll give 'em a month or two to re-stock and then I'll buy.  It'll be good to have my library back.

As for my other stuff... I don't miss it.  It's amazing how much easier life is without "stuff."  OTOH, the linked article features people who have taken the minimalist approach to life to extremes.  I'm not quite ready to live out of a backpack and on the streets.  El Casa Móvil De Pennington may be small and cozy but it also has a kitchen, a bathroom, heat, and AC.  Backpacks don't.

Update, 0600 hrs:  I ordered the Kindle; estimated ship date is September 10th.  (Sigh)  Someday I'll get over this instant-gratification thing.  Wait!  It ain't instant... I waited until the price came down.  What am I thinking?