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One reason consumerism has such a hold on people is because they promise an identity without any of the work. Which is obviously a façade because the money you use to purchase something – I assume, must have been earned from your hard work in the first place. But leaving that

What you buy is a preference, and there’s nothing wrong with having preferences. Everyone is entitled to them of course. And there is no reason to shame others for their preferences. But they are not a good expression of your identity. There’s a difference between buying something to

No one wants to compare themselves to each other, and neither do you. It’s the hollow feeling of doing something not because you want to, but just so you can place yourself over others. Picture buying something because everyone is buying it, with an overproduced, grotesque ad to prompt

I want to know what the point of everything I’m doing is. Assume I have all the material wealth I could possibly want. This isn’t hard to imagine, considering our true satiation point is probably more easily met than we think. The main goal I’m driving at

When I think of my past, I realise that there are times when I have often felt angry and upset at the world. And the nature of this frustration was usually directed to the external world. When I was young, it was against the unfairness of some parenting decisions, when