What if you started from scratch? In a thought-provoking documentary film called My Stuff, the protagonist takes all of his belongings, puts them in storage, and allows himself to retrieve only one item each day. On the first day, he really does have nothing on him; he runs to his storage unit wearing nothing but a newspaper to hide his private parts. He retrieves a coat on the first day and sleeps on the hard floor. The film was an experiment to see what’s really important. Though we might not want to go to the same extreme, we can imagine doing the experiment ourselves. Ask yourself which of
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