I think we’ve all had objects that always stayed on sight in their place when they were unnecessary but then you weren’t able to find them anymore when you finally needed them. I guess we just have to learn to appreciate things more.
Something that I‘ve been doing as of late that has kept me grounded to the truest sense of the word. We as humans have our “things” - the items, objects, devices, whatever - that help us navigate our everyday routines. I like to give importance to these things, they’re tools that are propelling me forward each and every day. For me, it’s my carabiner of keys, my wired earphones, my black belt that keeps my pants up, my dented water bottle that provides me with the upmost hydration. It’s kind of going to back to the it’s-the-little-things-mentality. Try it out, see what power comes from your tools.
So I am quite happy with most things I own, you never know when they can come in handy. The few things I would like to get rid of, though, are things like clothes (which I need to donate) or gifts that I never really figured out what to do with but feel like I like them enough to keep around (and bc they r gifts I feel obligated to try my hardest to make it work).
i think things felt more precious or meaningful in the past because there was just “less” a regular degular person had access to… a double-edged sword for certain to center and orient towards scarcity re: how we relate to others, but maybe holding what we have more dear because we have it instead of looking outward at what we don’t is a meaningful path forward, especially as “post-scarcity” (especially in a media / consumer goods sense) fries our dopamine receptors and further removes friction to consume