Let’s all just be open with each other for a second: have any of you ever felt like you just want everything? Like, all of the nice things?

This is a pretty weird post from me, since the second I joined I felt like I’d finally found an environment where I can be myself and my authentic feelings, but I think there’s a slightly t separate layer of our community that’s sometimes afraid to open up about these types of things.<br><br>I’m quite literally in the middle of packing for a 12-hour drive to a place I’ll be living in for 80 days and I’ve spent most of the day procrastinating by scrolling through home decor and stuff on Pinterest and just seeing what things are available and new in the consumer world.<br><br>A few months ago, I moved in with an incredibly nice guy I’d never met before, and even before I got there he’d bought me a desk from IKEA and a really cute desk lamp and just little things. I’d told him I was a minimalist and I didn’t have much and he was really excited that he could give me some simple pleasures and stuff, and I’d never been in a situation where I had essentially no money and someone just said “here, I will buy you a desk, or a desk lamp, or an air fryer, etc.” <br><br>And I have to admit, the first thing I thought was “oh, wow! I’m finally a real person,” and honestly that was kind of a special thing. I don’t know if it’s the same for most of you, but I felt like I was finally getting to experience what it was like for most people: to wake up and get to roll over and turn off the cute nightstand lamp you got and light your room with it’s warm glow, to be able to just get up and walk to your little desk in the corner of the room and open up your lap top and look at your cute desk plant and the photos you have hanging from the wall and just feel like you have a life.<br><br>I know that’s pretty materialistic, but I feel like sometimes as minimalists, we ignore that feeling. We have to understand that it’s okay to feel like we want to have nice things. That we want to feel special and to have pretty things that make us feel good. I know this is mostly a post about me and my feelings, but I just want to hear from others. Do you ever feel like your “missing” out on something by being so simple? Like you want those nice things and you want to have pretty decor?<br><br>I know there are some of you that own those nice things and you’re still happy, and that’s great. I don’t know if that’s me, however. I feel like once I have all the nice things, I start to feel the pressure of finding somewhere to put all my things, and that feeling of a full room is exhausting for me, and I’d just rather all my things fit in a backpack and be done with it.<br><br>But, I still want all the nice things. I want the colorful decorations and the cute desk, and the throw pillows, and the cozy blankets, and the tiny trinkets and souvenirs you pick up in a shop while you’re on vacation, or the hand-me-downs you get from your grandma that were passed down to her from her mother that are beautiful and have so much sentimental value. I want the art and the photos and the handmade things. I just want to feel like I have a life.<br><br>I know I’m definitely not alone in this feeling, and that’s what I want to see in the comments below. Share your experiences! Do you feel like this? How do you deal with it? What things do you do to satisfy that feeling of wanting to have nice things?<br><br>**tl,dr: I know this is a pretty weird post for this sub, but I want to know how other people handle that feeling of getting older and just feeling like you want all the things that make you feel like an adult. Share below, please!**