You can also have nice things by having fewer things. I think Jessica was mostly referring to unnecessary things and too many things. Like, why does one need two coffee makers or 5 power drills? Why does one need 50 pairs or shoes or 30 pairs of pants. Why do we have to buy our kids every new blinky toy and gadget that hits the market every year? Why do we have to have 20 streaming/subscription services?

Why can't we seem to budget/limit/control ourselves until we are absolutely forced to do so?