Several years ago I was sitting in my house. It was literally full of stuff that had accumulated through the years. I have a 4-3-2 house and a 3 car shop and we had a hard time closing the doors. We were seriously considering building a wing onto the house so we could spread the stuff out to more square feet.
Instead we went on a decluttering kick. We cleaned out room by room and got rid of stuff. Some we sold, some we gave away, and some we trashed. I liked where we were then and I have really been careful to try to prevent the accumulation of more stuff.
Well, I finished some major business goals and have had some time to play in the shop. D@mn thing is full of stuff. Can't get anything done. I have stuff left over from the 90's that I have been "saving". Not sure what I am saving them for. Looks like another round of cleaning out stuff is on the horizon.
Think about all the stuff you pay to keep. Who owns who, who is in control?
In our society we will work obscene numbers of hours at jobs we hate, to buy more stuff that we don't use, and to pay to store it for the future when we still won't use it. We become prisoners to our own stuff.
Stuff is a hard habit to break.
What's your experience?
Instead we went on a decluttering kick. We cleaned out room by room and got rid of stuff. Some we sold, some we gave away, and some we trashed. I liked where we were then and I have really been careful to try to prevent the accumulation of more stuff.
Well, I finished some major business goals and have had some time to play in the shop. D@mn thing is full of stuff. Can't get anything done. I have stuff left over from the 90's that I have been "saving". Not sure what I am saving them for. Looks like another round of cleaning out stuff is on the horizon.
Think about all the stuff you pay to keep. Who owns who, who is in control?
In our society we will work obscene numbers of hours at jobs we hate, to buy more stuff that we don't use, and to pay to store it for the future when we still won't use it. We become prisoners to our own stuff.
Stuff is a hard habit to break.
What's your experience?
Dislike ads? Become a Fastlane member:
Subscribe today and surround yourself with winners and millionaire mentors, not those broke friends who only want to drink beer and play video games. :-)
Access Restricted: Unlock 1,000,000+ Posts
Stop Peeking Through the Keyhole.
Open the Door.
You hit a wall because the best advice isn't free—it's earned. Since 2007, MJ DeMarco has been active here daily (99.9% active rate), building a war room for entrepreneurs who refuse to settle for mediocrity.
- Active Daily: Life-changing content posted dozens of times every day. No dead threads.
- MJ's Inner Circle: Direct access to the author of The Millionaire Fastlane.
- Vetted Network: Connect with founders scaling to 7 and 8 figures.
- Proven Roadmaps: Strategy over motivation. Execution over "hustle porn."
"SCALED TO 6-FIGURE MONTHS"
"Tips and advice here saved me from huge mistakes, others allowed me to scale my business to 6-figure months."— User MitchC
"INSANE QUALITY OF PEOPLE"
"The number of high quality people I've met from this forum has been insane. All of it predicated on building real value."— User Richard Peck
"You are the average of the five people you surround yourself with."
Are you surrounding yourself with success?
