I’ve made a lot of progress on this goal – I try to buy processed food products as rarely as possible, avoid all unnecessary packaging and wasteful receipts, bike as often as possible to avoid purchasing gas – but I’m not satisfied yet. I’m still pretty addicted to used book & record stores, and while buying second-hand might be “off the grid,” and not really consumption in the same sense, I still feel like I’m too focused on buying and owning things. Having to move from my house is making me see just how focused I am on such things, since I’m having to pack away every last book and record I’ve obsessively purchased! So, what do I need to do to be satisfied with my goal? Spend more time enjoying and appreciating the things I already have (which are numerous), and less time collecting more things (I have no illusions about the fact that my record collecting habit will continue, but I would like to slow down the accumulation, and perhaps trim a bit of fat from the collection).