Well, don't buy a 50 pack of envelopes if you can avoid it. I think most people would reflexively buy a bunch and throw it in a drawer (batteries....) but in the absolute is it worth it?
And how many times have you used your sink plunger? It depends on your situation, but one of the tenants of this lifestyle is that you don't actually have to be prepared for that time where you'll need 2 50-foot ethernet cables.
I don't think the sink plunger or toileteries are the target so much as that box you have in your office filled with USB cables. Or your cup full of 19 different pens (12 of which only half-work).
I think the cloud imagery is such a good example too. You have your plunger next to the toilet, but I bet you stuck 4 or 5 other things down there too (some spare parts from installing the toilet seats?)
The way I follow it is that if there's a decent obvious place for something it's a lot less costly for me to hold onto it (like the suit) than for random crap that I "kinda think" I need to keep. And constant re-evaluation of this. If you're diligent and re-evaluating it constantly you should almost never have a "cloud" of things stacked up in a corner.
And how many times have you used your sink plunger? It depends on your situation, but one of the tenants of this lifestyle is that you don't actually have to be prepared for that time where you'll need 2 50-foot ethernet cables.
I don't think the sink plunger or toileteries are the target so much as that box you have in your office filled with USB cables. Or your cup full of 19 different pens (12 of which only half-work).
I think the cloud imagery is such a good example too. You have your plunger next to the toilet, but I bet you stuck 4 or 5 other things down there too (some spare parts from installing the toilet seats?)
The way I follow it is that if there's a decent obvious place for something it's a lot less costly for me to hold onto it (like the suit) than for random crap that I "kinda think" I need to keep. And constant re-evaluation of this. If you're diligent and re-evaluating it constantly you should almost never have a "cloud" of things stacked up in a corner.