i don’t need more stuff – we all have to much *stuff*. it’s just stuff and i think of people long past who got along perfectly well with probably the same amount of stuff you could fit in the back of a pick up truck for their entire lives. third, if i can make it for myself, i will, then i get some experience and some joy under my belt along with a useful and beautiful thing. fourth, likely, i can borrow it from a friend – and i have things i lend to my friends, so we all don’t have to keep collecting stuff. five, there’s way too much 