What Can Your Thought Do for You With Seemingly Obsolete Assets?

A human being is unique from all other species in the animal kingdom on the basis of ‘thought.’ While all other animals are genetically programmed to do certain functions, humans can think for themselves, and like magic, they become real.

In other words, what’s in your mind can manifest into a physical equivalent. All of us can do it. Will Smith said so:

 

I like this video very much, and I’m going to use this video many times in the future.

Unfortunately, thoughts can also bring undesirable consequences. In this article, I want to explain what negative thought can do when there are too many old items in the house (i.e. manifested too many things).

 

 

 

 

A person who has too much anxiety of getting rid of items in his/her house may want to seek professional help. On the other hand, for most of us we know we can do it. We can do the following ways:

1. Find a use for the item in question.
2. If no use, then get rid of it.

Author Marie Kondo wrote a brilliant book called The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. It describes how anyone can clean their house and stay that way by asking one question:

 

“Does it bring you joy?”

 

To me, as long as I use them, they will bring me joy. Nothing saddens me more than buying or receiving something and not using it. If the inanimate object has feelings, the neglect will probably make it sad too.

Therefore, I may have many old items in my house, but I still use them even to this day.

Starting with technology, I have a small laptop that is from year 2009. It uses Windows XP and I still use it for PowerPoint presentations. I have a PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 that I still play when I have time. I use an iPhone 5 given by a relative. As of today, an iPhone X costs $1000, and an iPhone 5 costs about $90. Soon I’ll upgrade to a iPhone …… 5S, because the performance is on par with other newer iPhones. I have a first-generation iPad. I still use it to watch YouTube and read PDFs, and it is still alive and holds a charge after almost 6 years since I bought it used. They are all, by modern standards, obsolete.

 

This is my four monitor setup. I use it to practice (keyword: practice) stock trading with paper money. Three of these monitors are over 7 years old. None of them are 4K compatible. The computer is 6 years old. The only upgrade I did was the video card that supports the 4 monitor setup. I bought it used.

 

These headphones have been with me since 2010. I have taken it apart once for a soldering repair. The blue-like putty is called Blu-Tack to prevent accidental wire pulling.

Cars, too. Millionaires don’t buy new cars either.

I wear t-shirts and pants until there’s a giant hole. The shoes can get dirty, but I clean them until the bottoms of the shoes are seeping water.

I don’t buy new things because I intend to maximize their use until they are beyond repair; I do not simply upgrade them to fit the current trend, and I don’t feel shameful to keep and use old items. They all have their practical, creative uses if I simply utilize the power of thought.

If the used item is dead or obsolete to a point where it doesn’t let me do essential functions – like a shower head becomes a 360-degree shower fountain – then I will throw them away, or donate/sell if it still functions as intended.

You can do the same! Instead of spending more money when something goes wrong with it, you can also think of a creative solution on using what’s already available at your disposal. If the item you are using makes you happy, then the item will also be spiritually happy.

~Sam