Non-possession: seeking intense simplicity and the good life

I did for years yeah, owned a house and had basically nothing in it. No bed, no wardrobe, no shelves. 95% empty kitchen cupboards, empty drawers.

Outside I had a big table and chairs, inside a large sofa, and a piece of art on the wall. Kitchen I had nothing except 6 glasses, a pitcher, chopsticks enough for several people and a large frying pan. Bedroom I had only a few large house plants, and a couple of yoga mats and used it for mediation when I couldn't sit outside. When I sold up I included (they wanted) the table and chairs, sofa, plants and the art, donated the glasses, pitcher and pan (nice quality glasses/pitcher and cast iron pan), then everything else fit in my bag.
I don't know why, I just liked it, I'd never really heard of all this stuff, I always liked simple plain things and found how useful it was not having lots of things.. My house felt airy, bigger than it was, was easy to clean. I could still easily entertain people. It had nice natural features in it that helped make it feel nice, fireplace, exposed brick wall, nice painted beams, it didn't feel cold or devoid of life. I'm really happy to have had it.

The sofa and table and chairs probably don't meet the standard and were expensive but made it more realistic for me. I am happy to sit on the floor for everything, but most people aren't, and if I was going to have them, I didn't want poor quality or unfitting ones, so that was my reasoning there.

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