Our ego convinces us that when we achieve, acquire, get a "thing," we will then find true happiness. But, in truth, that acquisition produces only a fleeting moment of joy. Releasing the attachment to "things" is where we will attain, peace and happiness. I do not believe as the aesthetics, that we must forgo all our "stuff," but releasing the attachment to it, will reduce stress, anxiety and the need to continuously add more to feel only that moment of fleeting joy.