Quality vs Quantity

I find all too often, our western society is all too focused on how much we have.  "He who dies with the most toys wins!". My blog this week was going to focus on this topic, but as I was second to the family computer tonight, I noticed that someone else...in this house...I won't mention names...blogged on the same topic.  It makes sense as we have been preoccupied as of late, with researching ways to simply things in an increasingly complicated world.  I am going to steer away from the quantity conversation and focus more on the quality aspect of this discussion.
By simplifying things, many of the couples and families we have been following have increased their quality of life.  Focusing on the important things, like spending more time with their kids and sharing adventure and awesome experiences. One father recalled his inspiration to travel fulltime with his family, someone said to him, "at best, you probably only have 18 summers with your kids, you need to make them count!".  To build on what I mentioned in last week's blog, time is fleeting, opportunities will not always present themselves and sometimes you have to make them. 
Now, I don't think you have to sell everything and live on the road to gain a quality of life.  There is a balance, the key is finding your balance of quality vs quantity.

Thanks for reading.

Mike