BONUS: BRAVE Thoughts From The Road - Maybe Less Really is More

Many of us live and function in a rather privledged world.  We have a lot of stuff. We have a lot of comforts and conveniences that are so "normal" that we don't even see them on a daily basis.  IT is all just water to the fish.  And we spend quite a bit of energy maintaining and protecting all of those things because another thing that happened along the way is we decided those things were a measure or indication of our success, prowess, and/or worth.  So much so, that many of us at one time or another have kept entire storage units of "spare stuff" just in case we needed more. But does the stuff really matter as much as we have been led to believe?  Plenty of people in the world live without many of the things we take for granted - and they do so as happy, fulfilled and functioning humans. It can be complicated and even exhausting to maintain the "stuff" we have in our lives.  The question is - is it all really necessary?  Does it all bring us joy?  Does it all have meaning to us?  If it does, carry on!  But if it doesn't, maybe its time to reevaluate where we are investing our energy - and it might be time to clean out the 'ol storage unit for good!