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Sometimes, Less is More
Actually, most times it is
I used to be a gadget freak. Every time something new came up, I felt the urge to buy it. I’d rush online the minute it would go live and be the first to purchase it. I collected every gadget and every game I could get my hands on.
“A new iPhone is out! I must purchase it!”
“A new flat-screen TV! I must simply get it!”
“A new video game console! There’s no way I’m passing that!”
I was materialistic beyond measure. I derived my sense of accomplishment on how many high-tech gadgets I owned. If you look at the previous apartments I’ve had in the past five years, you’d never guess I was once a hoarder.
The only gadgets I own now are a five-year-old Macbook Pro, my DSLR camera, and a Nintendo Switch. But it’s not only about the gadgets. I stayed a year at an apartment without having bought any furniture. I had a mattress on the floor and that was it. And it’s not that I was too poor to buy anything, I was making close to six figures.
It just made me happier than being a slave to my possession. So, how did this seemingly impossible transformation happen?
Simple — I travelled the world, with no plans of ever coming back. In March 2015, my wife and I told our respective employers that we were quitting to travel the world for at least a…
