Comments on: Lessons from Tyler Durden & Ben Stiller – Stop Your Possessions From Owning You

By: How to get rid of stuff you don’t need - How To Get A Grip

How to get rid of stuff you don’t need - How To Get A Grip — Tue, 04 May 2010 12:33:07 +0000

[...] You now own less. You’re getting the upper hand on your possessions. [...]

By: Michael Michalowski

Michael Michalowski — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:34:41 +0000

I love Tyler Durden.
You got the point. We seek possessions because we believe we will be happier in owning them. But in reality we can achieve happiness owning nothing. We must start to differentiate between using stuff (like your shoes, clothes and owning stuff (like your big car, your iPod Touch 16GB, everything you are proud of owning).

Our true identity lies behind all our stuff.

By: Diggy

Diggy — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:33:17 +0000

Hey Alex!
Thanks for stopping by:)
Yeah im on twitter, twitter.com/upgradereality

I like Tim Feriss’ approach too, he is a good rolemodel for me!

By: Diggy

Diggy — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:28:06 +0000

Hey Sami,
Haha, Not to be rude but that made me laugh. It’s crazy how we can be worried about things that actually don’t really matter. All you can do is take the best precautions for you motorcycle (locked garage, service it, take care of it) and for the rest accept whatever happens. There is no point in wasting energy worrying about the future.

By: Sami Paju

Sami Paju — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:20:23 +0000

Great post Diggy!

Instead of focusing on all the external stuff, I’m trying to focus on myself instead both physically and mentally. After all, the only “thing” we have from birth to death is ourselves: our bodies and our minds.

I wrote on my blog about similar things some time ago. I bought a motorcycle couple years ago which was the single biggest purchase I had ever done, and it was ridiculous how huge space it reserved for itself in my thoughts.

I worried about whether or not it’s safe during night, I worried about gas prices, I worried about maintenance and insurance costs, I felt obliged to ride every weekend because it cost so much… That was an important lesson for me about not investing too much or becoming too attached to “stuff”.

Cheers,
Sami