Anyone who has ever tried to give me something as a gift probably hates me, because I am extraordinarily hard to shop for. Whenever Christmas or my birthday rolls around and my mom asks what I want I just tend to give her the old "I Dunno." This is because when i think about it, there is alot of stuff I really do not need. This also makes me a nightmare to shop with because whenever I go to large stores or malls, all that is going through my head is "Who needs all this stuff?" I am sure Socrates and all the cynics and I would have totally understood each other in this respect. If there is something I really need then I will go out and buy it for myself (Something that I need could be something that I use everyday, as opposed to just random stuff that I will not use) which leaves no room for anyone else. The Cynics believed the same thing: materials are just materials.
When I do receive random stuff that gets no use I feel bad because it is really a waste of money but I know that I truthfully never wanted it. I feel that the less stuff you have the better. When everything in your life gets to cluttered then it can clutter your head and you get in a bad place, physically and mentally. If you can just keep everything simple then it will keep you simple. So for all you gift givers: Sorry... but the best gift is nothing
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