I have to say, even with all the cool stuff I got for Christmas this year, one of those items being a 26inch HDTV from my mother, it seems kind of overkill. Selfish even. I mean, with todays economy, and knowing what money I have for bills, I almost don’t want all this stuff, because I know what it costs, and I know the people who bought it don’t have the money for this stuff either. It’s not responsible gift giving/shopping in my mind.
It’s like an extra layer of guilt, or pressure added to my every day life. Like, where the hell am I going to put all this stuff, most of which I can live without in the first place! Also, when my work closes, and I need to move, it just adds that much more I have to pack and deal with. I plan on shedding a large portion of my belongings to begin with and free myself from these attachments. Now I have that much more to decide what to get rid of.
I’m thankfull for the gifts, but some of them are just a bit too much. I can live without the large screen tv. I have a decent 19inch HD monitor for my pc, as well as an HD Tuner for the pc, so the TV is really just eye candy to me, and takes up too much space. It’s also something that just screams “spoiled” to me, and I have that. I don’t wear the major name brand things, so don;t buy me expensive clothes. I’m a jeans and tshirt kind of guy, who has nice threads for special occasions, but for the most part I don’t care about the mainstream stuff people go crazy for. I don’t want or need it, nor do I like the idea of attachment to material these things.
I have my core items that I feel are not just “wants” but are things that I use regularly and find usefull for every day life. I have my guitars, my pc, 1 vehicle(for all of us), 1(now 2) tv(s), a dvd player and movies and that’s pretty much it. About the only things I can added which we have are the bed, couch, phone and maybe stuff like the fridge and stove. All the rest of this stuff, I need to get rid of it. Shed all the uneeded crap from my life and rid this weight from material things that is holding us down.