Comments on: Owning

By: Jarvis Slacks

Jarvis Slacks — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:29:58 +0000

Not the first time someone called me that.

By: Jarvis Slacks

Jarvis Slacks — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:29:41 +0000

When the time comes, we can share all our stuff. We’ll have nothing and we’ll have everything.

By: Pablo

Pablo — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 18:39:38 +0000

downright unamerican, i tell ya.

By: Kara

Kara — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 18:03:15 +0000

I went to a yoga class last night and halfway through had this big epiphany that the things I own are stressing me out. I’ve always been an anti-crap person, but somehow I’ve let a lot of crap accumulate in my life/house. I might be experiencing the opposite – minor crap vexes me greatly. However, we are talking about the same topic! Which is…exciting?

What I’m trying to say is: You can take your train to my house in the suburbs someday, and bring your records and we’ll jump on my trampoline. I think of LP players as major things, so we’ll still have one at that point…

By: Jarvis Slacks

Jarvis Slacks — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:55:34 +0000

Well said, brother Z. Well said.

By: Z.

Z. — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:07:36 +0000

I think the overarching theme here, Jarvis, is less about financial investment and more about the way you wish to spend your time. Owning a house or car or even a cat means accepting the continued cost of ownership, sure, but it also represents the loss of your limited free time to things like maintenance. Same with marriage and kids. Yes these both cost money too, but there’s also *emotional* upkeep. I know. I have all these things. And as someone who does I can honestly say that it ain’t for everyone. For some the payoff on all fronts — from the security of carving out “a place of your own” to the fulfillment that comes from creating a family — is worth the occasional (and sometimes regular) hassles. For others it is not. And that is totally okay. It truly takes all kinds.