“The things you own end up owning you” — http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-14271712-minimalist-white-interior-with-fashion-couch.php In mid-2001, I lived in a high-rise Seattle apartment, having returned to a second stint at Microsoft as a refugee of the dot-com bust in Silicon Valley. Over my time in the high-flying late-90s, I had accumulated a dizzying array of books, CDs, DVDs, and assorted knick-knacks from my…