I do believe in living intentionally, but I find for me bonding with stuff isn't rewarding. I do invest value in the few treasures my mother left behind. An old orange juice squeezer (manual), a partly used perfume bottle, a teapot--all from the 1930s and 1920s. Then I'm a little sentimental about the pine dining room set I bought in 1974. It's in the garage. Nobody else wants it around. I used to dance on that pedestal table and my kids grew up playing around it. The value is in the memories, the events and people associated with the items. You can't buy that. When I buy stuff today, I hope it's durable, but that's it. It's about utility. I'm not attached emotionally and don't want to be. I'm ready to let everything go. When I die, my kids may keep a few keepsakes as I kept my mother's personal items. I don't know. Maybe not :)