I'm guilty of having an abundance of stuff. I am also guilty to over indulging and participating in buying stuff portion of things. I would say that the need for new things is pretty ingrained in my generation. Bigger and better, right? Luke and I frequently talk about how we can try to live our lives content with what we have, the hard part is not buckling to social (and self-imposed) pressures.
So what do you think?
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I had to give up on the video halfway through since it was so long but the points it was making were very important.
Can you believe only 1% off stuff we buy is still in use 6 months later? 1% that is horrible! We buy and buy and buy only to throw away.
I agree that a lot of the pressure is societal but a lot of it is self imposed and truly ridiculous. The American way is to think the more money you have, the more stuff you have, the happier you will be, and it really is just not true!
What to do about it? That is the difficult question. I wonder if other societies (countries) are better at this? It seems like it comes out of Western ideology and capitalist thinking. Now I am turning your mommy blog into a political debate but I would love to hear other people's opinions!
I'm gonna try to watch the video.. but 20 minutes is scaring me...
I ran a couple posts a while back about one of my FAVORITE books: Your Money Or Your Life.
Bottom line: Why More ISN'T Better.. I don't want to be lame and leave the link.. so holler if you want it... :)
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