I was a consultant for 3 years during most of which I traveled 5 days a week. It wasn't exactly the case but I can say I lived in hotel rooms with a carry-on suite case for those years.
I realized that all I need for my life can be packed into a carry-on sized suite case and I had perfectly enough space in a hotel room. I will never feel the need for 5 bedroom house so that I can have a man cave, a home office or "an entertainment room" and a whole basement load of stuff.
There is this great movie about simplified life (yes there was also relationship and George Clooney) - Up in the air.
I didn't say it promoted it. It's about it. Personally I think life is intrinsically complicated, it's a false hope that you can just follow a set of guidance and then declare that your life is simplified.
I have hobbies and I'm a self employed barber. When the locals don't come to my garage I sometimes go to them. I can easily see me renting paintball gear, packing up a bathing suit, renting a surf board / longboard (I usually use my friend's since it's really his hobby, but if I go somewhere else in the world), renting a soccer ball, there are probably workshops that I can rent...somewhere, maybe, there's my old kindle fire to read, other places like bars, clubs, pool halls, bowling are all over the world, jet skii rentals, fortrack rentals, I only play videogames sometimes in friend houses so I can give that up. The problem is that boots and trail gear would have to be rented and I can see all of this renting stuff adding up. The simplified life is for rich people or people with hobbies that don't need a bike, or special gear.
Now I have only one hobby - photography. I used to have many more but I realized that I only need one and be good at it so that I can truly appreciate it and enjoy it. Luckily the one I pick doesn't require a lot of storage space.
I realized that all I need for my life can be packed into a carry-on sized suite case and I had perfectly enough space in a hotel room. I will never feel the need for 5 bedroom house so that I can have a man cave, a home office or "an entertainment room" and a whole basement load of stuff.
There is this great movie about simplified life (yes there was also relationship and George Clooney) - Up in the air.