When is enough enough?

It's one of life's universal truths that most of us spend what we earn. Our spending just floats upwards to meet our income when we are doing well and somehow it mostly manages to reduce when we're earning less. When my kids were little and we were on a low income I used to budget very very carefully. It was hard and sometimes worrying but we were well fed and properly dressed.

Now we have stuff - loads and loads of stuff.

I feel an increasing urge to simplify.

I wonder if I can do it.