The ultimate test whether you *need* or really love something or not — if you gave it away, or no longer had it .. would you want to get it again?

For example, I find that with things … the only ‘essential’ things I own include my laptop (MacBook laptop), and my RICOH GR camera. I even find the iPhone as well as iPad as ‘nice to have, but not essential’. Thus for our minimalist approach, ruthlessly prune the inessential? Even to a fault?