More money, more problems
This materialistic,
superficial lifestyle,
is becoming.
Fighting –
only makes it that much more uncomfortable.
I’ve bought things that I don’t think will make my life any better,
but that nagging feeling
of “keeping up”
is like an itch
waiting to be scratched.
This nagging feeling to buy “materials”
is driving me crazy
and only makes me less happy when I actually buy it.
A ridiculous solution would be to buy it and immediately return it.
Paying premium for everything,
without thought.
I have to stop.
I need to learn how to manage these whimsical feelings.
I’m lacking definitive values to cope with this.
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Less money, less problems = more happiness.
In the past 3 months I’ve volunteered a total of 32 hours.
And I love that in the last three months, these memories are what stick out.
Not the tangible things I’ve purchased.
Not so much the “less than ideal” circumstances I’ve found myself in at work,
but rather the time I’ve spent giving to people.
The moments where I feel like I have a real purpose to live.
strikingly – i feel the same issue with the need to “buy” material things. since this is my first full-time job – i have a lot more money then I have ever had – so naturally my first thought is to buy good gadgets, but in retrospect i can’t, we are grown up now – bills to pay, overdue school loans, its going to start piling up.
i wish i was in the same boat as you – feel like you’ve given your talents back to the community, but alas time is of the essence when your working.
Volunteering is the only thing that really balances my work/life. Yet I feel like I’m still missing something.
I think what I truly need is to find purpose in the work that I do and to feel like I’m making a difference — none of which I have right now.
All the money in the world couldn’t make me happy if, at the end of the day, I wasn’t doing something that I enjoyed or believed in.