One drawback was I have no backup pair of shoes, or laces when one of my shoelaces turned into a big granny knot that I had to cut off. Then I used the pieces of lace to tie shoe as best I could to get to a store to buy new laces.
A virtue, about minimalism, is not worrying that much about my material possessions. A radio show about LA fires talked about the grieving over keepsakes lost.
I thought about what things matter most to me. What material possessions would I take with me if I was evacuating my home. Top of the list might be my sculpture made out of dried Elmer's Glue. Pretty unique and irreplaceable. I made it during college. I could survive without it however.
Other unique keepsakes would come next. Small things with their own stories. One piece of furniture high on the list I made from particleboard and glue in the 1980s, it turned out well. I would try and save that, but it wouldn't be easy to carry.
As for photographs and writings, the important stuff is scanned to digital. The most important stuff is in the cloud, on my website, Flickr, or blog. If the paper burned, it wouldn't be that big a deal, though I don't plan to throw out the paper.
I would likely grab my external hard drive with the scans I have done and organized. As for my computers, I have 6 old ones, counting smartphones. I could sell all of them for less than one month's rent of my apartment and buy new more up to date electronics.
I have several radios that could be replaced. Clothing and other items could be replaced.
My bicycle is well used and not not top of the line bicycle, but still works fine. It could be replaced.
A front wheel of the bicycle that took me across America, years ago, would be missed however.
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