2livesimple’s Weblog

I have been, as written before, trying to reduce my possessions.

I came across an interesting blog as I looked for others trying to accomplish the same. http://guynameddave.typepad.com/stuckinstuff/100-thing-challenge.html In this blog, Dave is setting a challenge to reduce to 100 personal possessions. I love what he is doing, but it leaves me with many questions. Questions I was already asking myself. What should you count, and how should they be counted.

I am terribly curious about how many books Dave has since he is not counting them, and why shouldn’t they be counted (not criticizing, just trying to find answers)? If we don’t count such household items that are common, does that allow them to be beyond reasonable in quantity.

I have a box set of Jeeves and Wooster (one of my favorites). It is 1 single box set, 4 seasons, and 8 DVDs. Does that count as 1, 4, or 8???? If I don’t count it as 8, how is it really any different than someone who has 8 DVDs of different titles versus the same space and quantity of DVDs that this box set contains?

Defining a quantity allows one to have rules. Limits. Boundaries.

I would like to share thoughts on this. What are your thoughts on this????