Possessions Guide

: Our collections—whether of stamps, art, or even vintage Pez dispensers—signal our interests and status to both ourselves and others.

While items can enrich our lives, they also carry a hidden cost. Warren Buffett famously remarked that creating a landscape of overhead, hassle, and complexity. Possessions

Psychologists and anthropologists have long noted that we project our sense of self onto everything we own. Jean-Paul Sartre once observed that we wish to possess things specifically to enlarge our sense of self, using them as a "gallery" of who we are. : Our collections—whether of stamps, art, or even