I'd say it does. I was a gadget fiend. I know I don't want an iPad, but I would've needed one if I hadn't have tried to declutter my life. Having done so, my tiny house is now that much more spacious (but slowly clutter creeps in and now and again I have to have a massive clearance) and as the article says, I have less to worry about. In addition to this I no longer need an iPad. In fact I used one for a few hours and found it quite heavy.
This year I bought an ebook reader, not because I wanted one but because I was going on holiday and wanted to read 10 books. The cost of an ereader was cheaper than buying those 10 and losing the luggage space. I read 15 books on that holiday, mostly from Project Guttenberg. I could've took a laptop and read them on that as a compromise, but I wanted something my eyes wouldn't get tired over, and a computer screen would've reminded me of work. My E-Reader now sits in the kitchen until the next time I take it out - I'm in the middle of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five and I know I should read it but I don't. Still, next year I'll take it out and I'll get my books for much less than taking physical copies.
Last year I had a clear-out of all my old DVDs - and I used to have more than my local Blockbusters (as a massive film buff a lot were obscure too) so I gave them away to charity shops. If I can find epubs of my books I think I'll do the same with them next year.
This year I bought an ebook reader, not because I wanted one but because I was going on holiday and wanted to read 10 books. The cost of an ereader was cheaper than buying those 10 and losing the luggage space. I read 15 books on that holiday, mostly from Project Guttenberg. I could've took a laptop and read them on that as a compromise, but I wanted something my eyes wouldn't get tired over, and a computer screen would've reminded me of work. My E-Reader now sits in the kitchen until the next time I take it out - I'm in the middle of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five and I know I should read it but I don't. Still, next year I'll take it out and I'll get my books for much less than taking physical copies.
Last year I had a clear-out of all my old DVDs - and I used to have more than my local Blockbusters (as a massive film buff a lot were obscure too) so I gave them away to charity shops. If I can find epubs of my books I think I'll do the same with them next year.