Less house. More fun.

I caught up with a good friend recently. He asked me about tiny houses. Apparently I'd mentioned it a bit the last time we talked.

It's not so much about the tiny house itself. I do like seeing them, and the tiny house TV shows, but it's more about the lifestyle. Part of that is just having fewer possessions. Especially after moving house this year, it seems pointless to have things we never use. We spend more time moving them than using them.

But my friend probably summed it up better than I did. He's talking to his young daughters about money - explaining how that things cost money and that's why daddy goes to work. That's a key part of it for me. Having an enormous house and lots of possessions means more time spent at the office and less time enjoying life with those we love.

One of the people on the tiny house TV show summed it up even quicker. "Less house. More fun."

PS. A guy I used to work with calculated that he spent more time with us at work that he did with his wife and son. Though that's probably the case for many people, I found it slightly depressing.

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