7 Things You May Not Need Anymore
How quickly some ‘necessities’ can become obsolete, and yet we keep them in our homes. My entire wardrobe is testimony to that truth. Here is a list of seven things, from MSN Money, that you can save money on by not replacing them or upgrading them and instead just letting them go.
TV
I’m about to move out (again) with nothing to my name (again) and so the question of what furnishings to buy raises its weary head. Fridge is a yes, but TV? TV is a no. Especially when your computer breaks in the same week, and you need to make the call. With online streaming, watching TV on the box is no longer a necessity.
A Landline
It still confuses me when people ask for a business number, as opposed to a mobile phone. Shows my age I guess. For me, my mobile is my business number and my home number and a landline just represents an unnecessary $50 per month to spend. Some people prefer to keep landlines in order for 000 calls to be pinpointed, but I have faith in the GPS and satellites. I’m fairly convinced they’re following me anyway.
DVD Player
The time of the tangible might be past. A friend of mine was telling me recently you can download movies onto your phone, either as a purchase or as a rental. If you’re renting them, you have 30 days to watch it. Once you start watching it, you only have 24 hours to finish before it disappears off your phone. If anything spells the death knell of the DVD player, to my mind, it would be that pithy invention.
Physical Music Collection
Like everything on this list, it is a highly subjective question- the continued value of objects. For me, there is no replacing a physical music collection. I’m still in love with albums. I still pore over album covers. But for a lot of people, those days are done. So no need to buy a new CD player when it starts to scratch everything you own. Just upload it onto your iTunes and you’re set.
Cable TV
A couple of years ago, people started suggesting that there was still nothing to watch, even with 40 channels. The truth of this has since weighed on them, and people have been abandoning cable TV in droves. With the internet, cable has become somewhat redundant.
Desktop Computer
Unless you’re a graphic designer, chances are you have converted to the world of the laptop. Work practices are changing, and the need for a portable computer (from cafe to office to train) has become paramount. Apple in particular has changed the way we use technology and flexibility is key. A desktop computer doesn’t provide any advantage enough to compensate for the loss of movement and loss of space.
A controversial claim from MSN Money. While texting has become appropriate for work-related issues and letters are still the best for disputes (waving in the face never goes out of style), I’m not quite willing to toll the death knell of the email. But for some, emails are redundant and old-style phone calls and blunt text messages are all they need to get through the day-to-day.
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