I wonder who has so much money!

For decades, we have been brainwashed to believe that consumerism is good for us, good for the economy, and good for the world. Look where it's getting us...the planet is dying, people are in a never-ending cycle of debt because they just keep buying more stuff, and we're running out of resources. I think we all need to start learning to live within our means, to be happy and content with less, and to be more frugal in our everyday existence. Nobody needs 100 pairs of shoes. Nobody.

I think everyone has different ideas of what rich is. What it means. I have three pairs of shoes. Tennis shoes, one pair of Birkenstocks, and a pair of nondescript sandals. I think that different people have different priorities and that means what they feel is richness and what is fine for some may be boring and mundane for others.

We don't need a lot of things. Basics will do.

I have many Marga, I have many because I love shoes and I never throw shoes if not totally destroyed. That said I have shoes that are 40 years old and still beautiful. I am getting rid of all clothes I do not wear anymore... I did the same for clothes than I do for shoes.

I think I have about 6 pairs of shoes. But that is tennis shoes, mud boots, nice boots, and a pair of sandals.

I think I have two pairs of tennis shoes and a pair of crocs. I have worn crocs every day since last summer just about

I only have 2 pairs of shoes and a limited number of jeans and tops. I wear the same ones over and over again. I can't get around; so I don't need a bunch of different clothes.

some people think that owning a few pair of shoes is enough. I also think so. But I remember our former first lady in the Philippines Imelda Marcos thought otherwise. Owning thousands of pair of shoes showed her insatiable appetite for more shoes amidst the poverty of her people. i just wonder how many more thousands of shoes are forthcoming, since her son Marcos Jr has been elected president.

I've never been a person to want a lot of things. Shoes? I had to think about it. Two pairs of 'good' shoes, one black leather and one brown. Very, very basic style. No flip flops because I cannot wear them. Two pair of winter boots, one tall/knee length, and one shorter pair. Those are necessary for snow and winter days. Two pair of Skechers that are new, I got them for Mother's Day. I hadn't had any shoes like that in years, and I find them very comfortable. A pair of moccasins I love to wear to run around in, Minnetonkas. Two pair of bedroom or house slippers, one of them is nearly ready for burial. That's it. Seven pairs plus slippers. I don't have a lot of clothes since I am not a clothes horse by any means. I can't give you numbers of items but my closet isn't large. You are right. None of us needs so much stuff. Slowly I am downsizing more and more. I have no desire to fill my home up with things I neither need, nor want. My ex was obsessed with buying things. He still is, he thinks he deserves the finest things ever made and he buys them, whether he has the money or not. He seems to be happy by buying things. I wish he would have put that much effort in to relationships with his children, but things are more important to him. This is a good post, and you are so right--no one needs all of these things. People go into debt to buy more things to care for and find a place for and take care of and buy insurance for. So foolish.