When was the last time you replaced something old and broken?

I mean when was the last time you bought something new in order to replace something old? As I recently read and article about a couple who lives in an apartment in which everything is for sale (they host regular “sales” parties) and found the beauty of the concept overwhelming: one in and one out; no amassment of things! Very Zen-Buddhist indeed and it made me think what the last article was that I replaced. The only thing that came to my mind: my old Dockers pants that got torn in Singapore. And it was a good feeling to own a product until the end of the life-cycle not marketing-cycle. All the rest is new and added to the number of things I possess. And it is true: the more you possess, the more you worry. Karl Marx was right about that.

PS: Read for inspiration the book "Not buying it" by Judith Levine