quality lifestyle

The stereotypical person wants more. Being satisfied has been out for a long time. The prevalent mindset has been to long for what you don’t have. Unfortunately, happiness is now based on obtaining more of what you want rather than being satisfied with what you have.

Almost eighteen months ago my wife and I sold our dream home, gave away or sold a good percentage of our furniture, put our stuff into a storage unit and moved our family (including four young children) into the basement of another family with four children.

About a year ago we made the move from the midwest to the far south to assist with the startup of a new church campus in the central Florida area. Since our rental home is furnished, we brought with us only two packed cars and a twelve foot trailer for a family of six.

Fast forward to later this week. After almost a year in Florida we’re going to be moving from our furnished rental home into another home that is unfurnished. It’s time to have our remaining stuff extracted from our storage unit and shipped down to be reunited with us.

However, after being without our things for almost a year and a half, my wife and I question how much of our stuff do we really need? Quite frankly, only a little bit of our stuff and no mortgage have been nice. Part of me wants to send the stuff directly to a charitable organization.

With four children (soon to be five!), we are not quite at the level of being able to commit to purchasing and living in a Tiny House designed by Jay Shafer. However, I must say that the thought of reducing our living quarters to nearly the same size as the trailer that I used to move us to Florida last year is enticing. I guess it will have to wait until we are empty nesters.