Why I Don't Decorate

I think the reason that I don't ever properly take care of my temporary environments is that I don't see the point in it. Up to this point in my life I have been just visiting places for a year or a year and a half at most. True, in college I stayed for three years in one spot but I moved apartments from year to year. Most people spend lots of money on their immediate environment to either make it comfortable for themselves or to say to people that walk in 'hey this is who I am'. Some people feel that their possessions say what kind of person they are so they decorate their places accordingly. For me, I have never felt the need to deck out my place. I don't see the purpose in it, because I know that in a year or two I will be selling everything or giving it away to get maybe an eighth of what I spent on it. Why go through all that stress if you are just staying somewhere for a year. The day I buy my own house that I know I will be staying in for at least eight to ten years is the day that I began buying the decor. As of now I spend my money on other people in these temporary environments. Is all I need to stay happy is something to write with and a bed. So I end up probably blowing more money than these other people but I blow it on good times and adventures. I think it is a worthy investment. Rather than buying crap that people will see and go hey thats some nice crap and Ill say thank you Im looking to get rid of it in eight months when I leave. It cost me a fortune and I'll sell it for nothing. They light up inside and get their kicks when someone notices the hard work they spent on making their surroundings perfect. This is where these people get off. So if you see someone that obviously spent a decent amount of time on their place make a conscious effort to mention it. They will appreciate it more than you think. I would rather not put up with the stress of running around town looking for the perfect coffee table that has Zachery written all over it....oh oh and that couch that I can tell a great story of how hard it was to get and that it was the last one left....and don't forget the great deal I got on a sofa chair where the guy marked it down from five hundred dollars to three hundred because he liked me. I say go to a place and explore for fun not for errands. You will never truly live in the country that you are in if you are that concerned with making your temporary environment say something about yourself. I am living in Korea as you know and I think it's funny how some people buy all this worthless crap to fill their places. I found a bookshelf and a storage container in the garbage and they seem to be working just fine. You are not trying to make a place like home you are trying to experience something foreign so spending time in my place is the last thing I want to do. I want to sleep in a temple under the stars, I want to sleep at the Jisang rock festival in a tent that I rented with other koreans, I want to sleep on a ferry boat on route to Jeju island, I want to sleep on a beach in Busan and wake up with sand in my ears, and I want to sleep in a cheap love motel in the heart of Seoul. I could care less about what my place looks like because half the time I don't want to see it.