On Downsizing

An object is good as long as it serves a purpose. Once that purpose is not there, it’s great to move on.Things can have meaning at one point, but the meaning doesn’t perpetuate. You cannot get rid of a person if you love them, but an object you can get rid of, and it’s OK. Property can hold you up. Getting rid of things is a way of regenerating, feeling new, feeling younger.

Juan Montoya, WSJ,wsj.com/style/design/wh…