Why This Millennial Doesn’t Buy Stuff  Fast Company has some
ideas about “Why Millennials Don’t Want to Buy Stuff.” Their
ideas include: The cloud, new definitions of ownership,
evolution of what we want from our purchases (connections, they
say). Which: INTERESTING. But here’s why I don’t want to buy
stuff:  1. Stuff costs money. 2. I don’t have money. 3. Okay,
let’s say I did have money. 4. Theoretically that would be
because I had a job. 5. But how long will I have that job? 6. Is
my industry steady? 7. Do I feel comfortable enough in my job to
sign up for four years of car payments? 8. Do I feel comfortable
enough in my job to sign up for a 30-year-mortgage? 9. Do I feel
comfortable enough in my job to sign up for year’s lease? 10. Do
I feel comfortable enough in my job to pay rent month-to-month?
11. Do I feel comfortable enough that, if I start building a
little home for myself in my month-to-month apartment, if I
start collecting nicer pieces and buying lamps from places that
are not Ikea, I won’t have