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Originally Posted by jeff3  I use towels until you can see through them, keep clothes I never wear, have socks with holes in them, my shop is full crap that 'I might need some day', we eat with old bent silverware that someone gave me, I won't go for a drive just for the fun of it because gas costs so much, I just counted 32 pens and pencils in my desk drawer-some of which don't work- that I might 'need' some day. I have a box of magazines that are about 25 years that I keep because??? who knows.
Some of this is maybe not so bad, |
Well, IMO, it doesn't matter, unless it matters. And whether it matters or not, depends on you.
For example, suppose you are just a very practical guy and to you, towels are just something to dry yourself with, after a shower. If that's your view, then it really doesn't matter that your towel has a couple of big holes and its colour has faded - as long as it's still good enough to dry yourself with.
Maybe it is all a matter of personal idiosyncrasies. To some people, towels matter and socks don't; to other people, socks matter and towels don't. I don't believe that keeping some old things or hoarding some stuff necessarily means that there's always a scarcity mindset at work.