After reading Lanham’s first chapter about owning material possesions and what they truly mean to me, I started to think about how my view of my material possessions has changed over my years growing up. When I was younger, I was always interested in having the newest gaming system or even younger having the newest toys, such as Legos, which were always my favorite things. As I grew older, I began to take more interest in having a newer phone, but it wasn’t until this year that I got a smart phone. After coming to college, I realized that material possessions did not matter as much to me. It was something that I did not want to end up owning me, and that is what I believe Lanham is getting at in his first chapter. I am perfectly content with not owning a new gaming system, and since my Xbox broke, I haven’t gone to get it fixed or replaced. I have been fine not owning these things which I have seen take over my friends lives, and I don’t want this. I think material possessions can become to much, and that by owning alot of them and using them everyday, they take over your life.

It is something that I can still agree with after doing these readings, and that having a lot of things can eventually be too much. There can be to many phones, or tvs, or DVDs, or computers in your house. As I look around my classes some days, I realized I am one of the few not constantly attached to my phone, or my laptop, or an iPad or some other device like that, and I am perfectly fine with this development in my life.