Whether it’s your grandmother’s vase or a brand new bike, you will likely try to make sure that it stays unscathed. As you should; possessions might not be the most important thing in the world, but that doesn’t mean you don’t have to take good care of them., it was a new car—the first big item he had bought for himself—that he wanted to keep in good condition. That’s why he wouldn’t let his girlfriend and her son bring drinks or food into the car.
We sometimes use possessions to signal to ourselves, and others, who we want to be and where we want to belongIt’s clear that the things people consider worth spending their hard-earned money on also differ with each person; while some would rather spend it on a gadget that will never leave the bounds of their kitchen, others might want to invest in something that is more visible for those around them, like a watch or an expensive phone.
Be it a house, a car or something else, the significance of what they represent—family time and road trips respectively, for example—together with the work people put in to afford them, tend to result in the owners being quite cautious about them. Not only that; according to Jarrett, “As our belongings accumulate, becoming more infused with our identities, so their preciousness increases.