When I look back at my childhood pictures from the seventies the things I notice are how bare the house was compared to now.I think there is alot of truth in that you can be financially rich but poorer as a result in other ways, 'owning' can become a heavy burden. When we had a smaller house we too were alot happier, now we seem to just accumulate shit to fill the space we have which actually makes us less happy. I think there's alot to be said about a simple life but society doesn't allow for it, even owning a small home these days is a rarity for most
When I had workmen in the house last year a woman who came with them commented that I had "a lot of stuff" and she was trotting round looking at it all like she was in a museum