I'm a hoarder. You don't see people admit that too often. I'm not sure why, since I know I have the tendencies. It's kind of obvious, and things I've learned about sharing (public versus private property, for example) and value in usage help me deal with it in real life.

In fake life, in video games, i let it run rampant. It's cathartic (I've never had to spell this word out before), and it helps me feel like I can let it out. I can be rich and use that rich on whatever I want in the video game.

Now the obvious question - where did this come from? You'd think the fear of scarcity comes from something, right? Of course I've always been conscious of money in a certain sense (tried to learn crafting or cooking that didn't use much money) but I've never been poor or worried about starving, right? So where did it come from? Not sure, perhaps I'm the insecure type to begin with, and the knowledge that medical has always been a worry (I live in the United States)...

Perhaps my attitude has always been a doomsday prepper of a sort. A pyschological one, rather than a material one. Maybe it's like a vice... related to this.

The breadth of human experience is amazing. I mean, it's so easy to hurt each other and do lasting damage. It's easier than our fumbling attempts at good, to think ourselves good, or to act as good, nevermind actually do good.

I hope the learning we learn will carry forth into the future.