Recently, I've seen an increasing number of articles about minimizing one's life. Just yesterday there was a piece online about a man who, as director of operations for a telecom company in Ohio, was asked to submit a plan to close stores and terminate 41 employees. He submitted the plan, with his name of the top of the list. He left his job and started to dispose of most of his possessions.

We have certainly accumulated a lot of stuff and I often find myself wondering if I could, or should, get rid of stuff. It would make life easier -- less cluttered. Would I miss things? Does keeping things for “sentimental” reasons make sense?

Does getting rid of stuff allow you to focus on the “important” things in life -- health, family, work? Am I really neglecting those things because of stuff?

It would be nice to get rid of some stuff and see how it feels.