Imagine No Possessions

I've just returned from a very brief trip to the USA staying in the Hollywood Hills in the home of a very famous songwriter. I won't mention his name but I guarantee you would have heard his songs. You probably even know all the words.

In short, this man is loaded. His home, perched on a cliff with an infinity pool and a forest for a garden must be worth millions. And it's not his only house of course. He owns homes and buildings across America and in the UK too.

But, and here's the amazing part, what do you think he chooses to furnish his luxurious homes with - designer furniture, the latest audio visual and computer technology, Persian carpets, rare artworks, painting and jewellery? Er no. The answer is basically, nothing. Well not much anyway. Of course he has beds and a few chairs and some guitars plus food in the fridge (is food a possession?) and eating materials but, other than that he has, no possessions. (Simple for the home insurance of course and thus of interest to this blog).

It seems like, unlike Lennon himself, this person - a friend of the ex Beatle - took the song "Imagine" pretty literally. And so, although with millions at his disposal, he has made it his duty to reduce his personal possessions to the bare minimum. "It's just so much simpler that way." he says, "And I don't worry about things getting stolen. I'm not a Buddhist but, having owned and crashed more sports cars than I can remember, I worked out life's better without!"

He does still have home insurance though - I asked him (such is my level of devotion to my Performance Direct home insurance blog writing) - one of his guitars alone must be worth a fortune. It was given to him... by John Lennon.

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