I never said that the things I had to buy were goods... experiences and services work too, and better than many goods :) Also - I never said that it was the only way to a better life...

In fact - it was precisely to fight against the "I'm sad, I'll buy another Thing" idea that I started this process... because I wanted to make sure that if I were buying things that it wasn't "just another thing", but something that would be a strict improvement of my life, rather than just something that I'd discard without much use.

ie - we are in agreement about the problem, just have different solutions. Your solution is "Things are the problem, therefore never buy any Things ever and get rid of all the ones you have now!"* , mine is "i am where I am now and have the Things I have now... but I don't want to keep doing that. What can I do in future that's different to what I've been doing?"

• (note, gross oversimplification and exaggeration intentional for humourous effect)