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 Earlier in my life, I conceptualized the ideal amount of possessions as the amount that I could load into a car. The idea was that this conferred maximal flexibility and mobility. If I didn't like where I was there were no barriers to picking up and leaving. This was pretty easy to do early on since I had no money and couldn't afford anything more than a plastic tub of clothes and a few small trinkets anyway. Earlier in my life, I conceptualized the ideal amount of possessions as the amount that I could load into a car. The idea was that this conferred maximal flexibility and mobility. If I didn't like where I was there were no barriers to picking up and leaving. This was pretty easy to do early on since I had no money and couldn't afford anything more than a plastic tub of clothes and a few small trinkets anyway.
  
-Eventually though I did get some money, and after a few years of living in the same place and not using the mobility capability, I realized this self imposed prohibition was preventing me from doing things in life I wanted to do. For example, I couldn't scuba dive as much as I wanted to because while I had training, I wouldn't allow myself to buy gear - scuba gear, especially tanks, is bulky, and I wanted to stay mobile. At some point I had to make the tradeoff; preserving mobility in exchange for personal breadth wasn't worth it and I allowed myself to accrue possessions in order to do what I was interested in.+Eventually though I did get some money, and after a few years of living in the same place and not using the mobility capability, I realized this self imposed prohibition was preventing me from doing things in life I wanted to do. For example, I couldn't scuba dive as much as I wanted to because while I had training, I wouldn't allow myself to buy gear - scuba gear, especially tanks, is bulky. Owning dive gear isn't amenable to maintaining mobility. 
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 +Put another way, maintaining mobility was, at that point, significantly limiting my personal growth. I decided it was no longer worth it. Starting with dive gear, I began allowing myself to accrue possessions in order to do what I was interested in.
  
 Now I find myself approaching a big move and surrounded by many possessions. These are almost exclusively related to hobbies and sports - snowboards, skateboards, rackmount servers, firearms, diving equipment, climbing equipment, etc. I have quite a lot of things, and thinking about my past viewpoints, I've tentatively decided that moderate minimalism is probably the best policy for possessions. That is, keep around the minimum amount of stuff that allows you to do what you want to do, and no more. Now I find myself approaching a big move and surrounded by many possessions. These are almost exclusively related to hobbies and sports - snowboards, skateboards, rackmount servers, firearms, diving equipment, climbing equipment, etc. I have quite a lot of things, and thinking about my past viewpoints, I've tentatively decided that moderate minimalism is probably the best policy for possessions. That is, keep around the minimum amount of stuff that allows you to do what you want to do, and no more.
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