Comments on: You Are Not Your Stuff, Your Stuff Is Not You. http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/02/12/you-are-not-your-stuff-your-stuff-is-not-you/ A place to discuss money...for the rest of us. Thu, 24 May 2012 01:22:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Noah L.http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/02/12/you-are-not-your-stuff-your-stuff-is-not-you/#comment-38159 Noah L. Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:49:23 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/02/12/you-are-not-your-stuff-your-stuff-is-not-you/#comment-38159 Great post. There's one point that I want to comment on: Trying to be free from the identification of self with anything but being alive (AKA "the moment") is identifying with something that is always there and never changes (until we die, that is). Almost everything else changes. Relationships change, health changes, sense of purpose changes, interests and hobbies change, and dreams change. This is very hard for most to accept (including me, though I'm slowly getting there!), but I believe it to be the truth, and in the very few people I've met in my life who are fully "living", that's where their minds have been at. Great post.

There’s one point that I want to comment on: Trying to be free from the identification of self with anything but being alive (AKA “the moment”) is identifying with something that is always there and never changes (until we die, that is). Almost everything else changes. Relationships change, health changes, sense of purpose changes, interests and hobbies change, and dreams change. This is very hard for most to accept (including me, though I’m slowly getting there!), but I believe it to be the truth, and in the very few people I’ve met in my life who are fully “living”, that’s where their minds have been at.

]]> By: Part 1 - The Joneses and Clothing | Momma's Bloghttp://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/02/12/you-are-not-your-stuff-your-stuff-is-not-you/#comment-31145 Part 1 - The Joneses and Clothing | Momma's Blog Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:41:34 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/02/12/you-are-not-your-stuff-your-stuff-is-not-you/#comment-31145 [...] us into feeling like our self-worth is tied to our stuff? As My Two Dollars so succinctly put it, "You are not your stuff." Do THEY really shame us, or do we do it to ourselves? Do THEY really [...] [...] us into feeling like our self-worth is tied to our stuff? As My Two Dollars so succinctly put it, “You are not your stuff.” Do THEY really shame us, or do we do it to ourselves? Do THEY really [...]

]]> By: Your Stuff Is Talking About You | Remodeling This Lifehttp://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/02/12/you-are-not-your-stuff-your-stuff-is-not-you/#comment-29180 Your Stuff Is Talking About You | Remodeling This Life Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:08:09 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/02/12/you-are-not-your-stuff-your-stuff-is-not-you/#comment-29180 [...] and enjoyed on other blogs like Social Proof and Flying Without a Net at On Simplicity and also You Are Not Your Stuff, Your Stuff Is Not You at My Two [...] [...] and enjoyed on other blogs like Social Proof and Flying Without a Net at On Simplicity and also You Are Not Your Stuff, Your Stuff Is Not You at My Two [...]

]]> By: NOT keeping up with the Joneses | Momma's Bloghttp://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/02/12/you-are-not-your-stuff-your-stuff-is-not-you/#comment-28636 NOT keeping up with the Joneses | Momma's Blog Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:51:55 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/02/12/you-are-not-your-stuff-your-stuff-is-not-you/#comment-28636 [...] us into feeling like our self-worth is tied to our stuff? As My Two Dollars so succinctly put it, “You are not your stuff.” Do THEY really shame us, or do we do it to ourselves? Do THEY really [...] [...] us into feeling like our self-worth is tied to our stuff? As My Two Dollars so succinctly put it, “You are not your stuff.” Do THEY really shame us, or do we do it to ourselves? Do THEY really [...]

]]> By: Monroe on a Budget » Carnival of Personal Finance stages a prison break from financial woeshttp://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/02/12/you-are-not-your-stuff-your-stuff-is-not-you/#comment-26897 Monroe on a Budget » Carnival of Personal Finance stages a prison break from financial woes Sat, 07 Jun 2008 21:09:29 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/02/12/you-are-not-your-stuff-your-stuff-is-not-you/#comment-26897 [...] Two Dollars presents You Are Not Your Stuff, Your Stuff is Not You: “Ad agencies get paid the big bucks to make you think you need a new TV, a new car, new [...] [...] Two Dollars presents You Are Not Your Stuff, Your Stuff is Not You: “Ad agencies get paid the big bucks to make you think you need a new TV, a new car, new [...]

]]> By: Rounding Out My Reading: Quotes Edition | My Family's Moneyhttp://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/02/12/you-are-not-your-stuff-your-stuff-is-not-you/#comment-26742 Rounding Out My Reading: Quotes Edition | My Family's Money Wed, 28 May 2008 18:47:58 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/02/12/you-are-not-your-stuff-your-stuff-is-not-you/#comment-26742 [...] finally, I liked this post over My Two Dollars because it reminded me of Fight Club. My Two Dollars writes, You are not your [...] [...] finally, I liked this post over My Two Dollars because it reminded me of Fight Club. My Two Dollars writes, You are not your [...]

]]> By: Best Finance Articles from the Carnival of Personal Finance #140 at Clever Dude Personal Finance & Moneyhttp://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/02/12/you-are-not-your-stuff-your-stuff-is-not-you/#comment-25037 Best Finance Articles from the Carnival of Personal Finance #140 at Clever Dude Personal Finance & Money Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:46:14 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/02/12/you-are-not-your-stuff-your-stuff-is-not-you/#comment-25037 [...] you know that you’re not your stuff, and it isn’t you? I bet you really did think you were that stuffed penguin, huh? Well let My Two Dollars explain the [...] [...] you know that you’re not your stuff, and it isn’t you? I bet you really did think you were that stuffed penguin, huh? Well let My Two Dollars explain the [...]

]]> By: JohnBedard.com » Screw the Joneseshttp://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/02/12/you-are-not-your-stuff-your-stuff-is-not-you/#comment-25017 JohnBedard.com » Screw the Joneses Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:21:37 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/02/12/you-are-not-your-stuff-your-stuff-is-not-you/#comment-25017 [...] You Are Not Your Stuff, Your Stuff Is Not You (via Get Rich Slowly): You are not your stuff. You are not what you own, how much money you have, the size of your house, your flat screen TV or your new car. In the end, none of this matters at all. None of it. It's nice stuff to have, don't get me wrong, and if you can afford it and have room for it in your life, go for it. But keep in mind that your stuff does not make you who you are. You know that license plate you see sometimes that says "He who dies with the most toys wins"? Actually, he who dies is dead and doesn't win anything, and you don't even get to take any toys with you! The reality of it is that you are more than the sum of your stuff, and the key to happiness is to start thinking as such. [...] [...] You Are Not Your Stuff, Your Stuff Is Not You (via Get Rich Slowly): You are not your stuff. You are not what you own, how much money you have, the size of your house, your flat screen TV or your new car. In the end, none of this matters at all. None of it. It’s nice stuff to have, don’t get me wrong, and if you can afford it and have room for it in your life, go for it. But keep in mind that your stuff does not make you who you are. You know that license plate you see sometimes that says “He who dies with the most toys wins”? Actually, he who dies is dead and doesn’t win anything, and you don’t even get to take any toys with you! The reality of it is that you are more than the sum of your stuff, and the key to happiness is to start thinking as such. [...]

]]> By: Growing Money » Blog Archive » Carnival of Personal Finance #140http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/02/12/you-are-not-your-stuff-your-stuff-is-not-you/#comment-25015 Growing Money » Blog Archive » Carnival of Personal Finance #140 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:41:37 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/02/12/you-are-not-your-stuff-your-stuff-is-not-you/#comment-25015 [...] Price are you Paying to Have it All? The Supermom Myth Ask the Readers: Talking About Money You are Not Your Stuff, Your Stuff is Not You The Parent Trap: They Give and Give and Give"¦ What is a Certified Financial Planner? Ways to Save [...] [...] Price are you Paying to Have it All? The Supermom Myth Ask the Readers: Talking About Money You are Not Your Stuff, Your Stuff is Not You The Parent Trap: They Give and Give and Give”¦ What is a Certified Financial Planner? Ways to Save [...]

]]> By: her every cent countshttp://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/02/12/you-are-not-your-stuff-your-stuff-is-not-you/#comment-25014 her every cent counts Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:34:13 +0000 http://www.mytwodollars.com/2008/02/12/you-are-not-your-stuff-your-stuff-is-not-you/#comment-25014 I agree! I feel like my possessions largely distract from who I am. But I do like money to travel! I agree! I feel like my possessions largely distract from who I am. But I do like money to travel!

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