Today let's take a little different angle on relationships and look at our relationship to things - stuff - material things. First of all let me say that I am not against people having things. As a person and business professional, I think there is something beneficial about enjoying things, and taking care of them. The perspective I want us to take a look at is what our relationship is to those things. Do we see things as status symbols, do we see things as something to be gained that speak to the outside world, do we see things as necessities, do we sacrifice in other areas of life for things that may or may not be of value? What is our value proposition for things?
It's important that we understand our relationship with things so that the relationship stays in it's proper place. In life and in business, we can sometimes allow things to get a hold on us and we can become negatively indebted to them. We can run up bills for things that are fleeting or of no long term value and need to make sacrifice or be in a position of hardship to get from under that debt. In business, we can try to ineffectively position ourselves in a market or make risky investments in a bid to gain more things that end up putting us in a financially tough position. None of this is to say that everything is going to work out, however, it is to say that we have the ability to apply critical thinking so that any losses that we experience are manageable or at most are not surprising.
Take some time to think about your relationship with things. Do you manage and use those things to your advantage or are those things a burden to you? Be honest with yourself, and then take action to move in the direction you want to go. in some instance it ma take time to part with the "stuff" of life and business that no longer serves you. In other situations, it may be a perspective change that steers you in the right direction. The key is to be aware, to acknowledge your reality. When we manage the little things, we can help them from building up and becoming overwhelming big things. Your relationship with your stuff matters. Ensure your stuff only occupies the space you want it to.
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