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Some people think that the more possessions you have, the happier
you will be. However, in my opinion, having less possessions will be happier.
The basis for my position is that having lots of possessions cause other
expenses and having less possessions requires lower responsibility.
To begin with, having
lots of possessions will take a large amount of maintenance fee. No matter how
lucrative you are, gaining possessions means that you are losing the chance to
save your money. One day, when you buy something more and it will spend more
money to maintain your possessions than you earn. My best friend Tom, for
instance, because his job is profitable, he has been collecting luxury watches and
fancy sport cars over three years. However, now he is worrying about his
luxuries’ maintenance fee. He told me that when he started to buy things
whatever he wants, at that moment, he was delightful. By gaining possessions,
he realized that his luxuries are disturbing his savings. Approximately, 85% of
his income is using to retain his properties. For these reason, he asked me of
buying his watches for half price, but I refused and said like this. “Small
amount of possessions can be happier like me”. Tom was totally admitted and keep
finding his way to handle his problems.
On top of that,
you do not have to spend lots of time on taking care of your possessions’
condition if you have just few amounts of possessions. Imagine that you have a
lot of possessions such as cars, potteries, boats, and so on. Would it be
possible to spare your time for relaxing? The answer will be “No”. The only way
to relieve would be to get away from responsibilities about your properties.
For example, when I was in high school, I was obsessed beautiful pebbles. To be
specific, I ran into general store which was in shore, as soon as class ends,
to buy new astounding pebbles. After I buy them, I spent whole time for
admiring and cleaning them up. For these reasons, I do not have much friends.
By the time I entered college, I was no longer interested in the pebbles and
thrown them up. After I did, I could have bunch of time to spend with my new
college friends and they made me happier than back in high school.
To sum up,
owning fewer things is better for saving money and avoid useless time for being
blissful. In this regard, I firmly believe that people who have few possessions
are more likely to be happier that those who have lots of things.
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