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Lets face it, the USA is highly materialistic. I guess its human nature to want more and more. Afterall in economics they teach that wants are unlimited. However, for me I have pretty much settled for the idea that, "its good enough."
most people complain about the traditional stuff. I want new clothes, I want a bigger house, I want a new car, I want this I want that blah blah blah.
For me I have thrown most of those ideals out. I have enough clothes and they are good enough for me. I have a roof over my head that satisfies the need for shelter, its good enough for me. I have a used car 100k miles on it and it gets me around. I could buy a new car but I say, "why bother? my car runs just fine."
The primary reason I have this strong mentality is because the way I look at it, I'll have to WORK more/harder for all those things and it simply does not make me happy at the end of the day. As a result, this takes away time from the things that I really enjoy doing such as leisure time. In my leisure time I watch hulu, listen to pandora, lots of reading/research, and building my small business (I don't consider my small business to be working).
In fact I am so adamant to this ideal that I pinch every penny, use all my possessions as long as possible, and have zero debt.
Its all focused around the golden ideal of the pursuit of happiness.
In fact I am so adamant to this ideal that I pinch every penny, use all my possessions as long as possible, and have zero debt.
Its all focused around the golden ideal of the pursuit of happiness.
I don't pinch every penny (not crazy on spending either).
I don't use my possessions as long as possible (I enjoy them for as long as I want to).
I also have zero debt.
I don't have to pursue happiness. I have happiness now.
I never had the money to indulge materialism. I also don't have the personality to get or keep the striving manager type jobs needed to fund a materialistic life.
I never had the money to indulge materialism. I also don't have the personality to get or keep the striving manager type jobs needed to fund a materialistic life.
I have things which give me pleasure. I like having a tv thats easy to see and a good laptop. I have been buying a lot of books, but mostly history and mostly hardbacks off amazon. Got a couple of them for a penny plus shipping yesterday. I'm making my own bookshelves (which look far better than the ones I could afford) and doing the painting and such in the house myself. In the end it will be just want I wanted and comfortable. I don't call that materialism since the things are useful and used. Things bought just because you can or just for others to see are being materialistic, but even if its a more expensive item, if its something you use and want and its not for someone else its different.
I find that I have to wait for some of the things I see in my house and it just makes it so much better because there was no "instant" gratification involved, but getting the things needed most now until I could and enjoying the anticipation of getting it or the stuff to put it together.
Lets face it, the USA is highly materialistic. I guess its human nature to want more and more. Afterall in economics they teach that wants are unlimited. However, for me I have pretty much settled for the idea that, "its good enough."
most people complain about the traditional stuff. I want new clothes, I want a bigger house, I want a new car, I want this I want that blah blah blah.
For me I have thrown most of those ideals out. I have enough clothes and they are good enough for me. I have a roof over my head that satisfies the need for shelter, its good enough for me. I have a used car 100k miles on it and it gets me around. I could buy a new car but I say, "why bother? my car runs just fine."
The primary reason I have this strong mentality is because the way I look at it, I'll have to WORK more/harder for all those things and it simply does not make me happy at the end of the day. As a result, this takes away time from the things that I really enjoy doing such as leisure time. In my leisure time I watch hulu, listen to pandora, lots of reading/research, and building my small business (I don't consider my small business to be working).
In fact I am so adamant to this ideal that I pinch every penny, use all my possessions as long as possible, and have zero debt.
Its all focused around the golden ideal of the pursuit of happiness.
I don't like to accumulate possessions because I know how I am. I am crazy about taking care of them. So then they become more of a burden than anything. So I don't want more stuff that just winds up owning me.
Not me, I'd much rather have things that make life more enjoyable than more digits in my bank account.
I am talking about people who have already satisfied their basic needs for shelter, food etc. When I refer to materialism I am talking about people's drive to have the, "better" product such as luxury car, large house and anything else that isn't necessarily needed for survival.
Oh and I too spend my money but its on investments or business ventures. I rarely spend it on materialistic goods.
I never had the money to indulge materialism. I also don't have the personality to get or keep the striving manager type jobs needed to fund a materialistic life.
Yeah, that's me, too. I hate all the stress & pressure that go with that. I don't know why people want it.
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