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LIVE BETTER WITH LESS
 
 
We live in a society that addiction to accumulating and spending has soared rapidly during the past decade. More and more people are beginning to realise that they don’t have time and space to live their lives. Most of people are caught in a vicious cycle of acquiring, storing and discarding possessions. As a matter of fact, a recent research indicated that although we have a lot more material things and living a more comfortable life but we are a lot unhappier and more stressed compare to the previous generation.

We live in a culture that sends   very clear massages about the material things we should have in order to be happy. The more successful we are, the more we should have. That’s the sign of success, Right?? More is better, if one is OK, then two must be good and three must be great, Right?? Don’t pass up a bargain- if its on sale, it has to be a fantastic deal, Right??

Its very contradictory that every year media reports on the health of our economy. The way that health is measured is by the rate of consumer spending. That’s correct. Our economy is only healthy if we are all out spending money on more stuff.

We are confronted daily with many messages, buy, buy, buy, shop, shop, shop, spend, spend, spend. The problem compounded by the amount of stuff we see around us.Things are cheap, credit is easy to get and we feel we deserve to have whatever we want, whenever we want it. But individually and as a nation we are spending more than we are earning and sooner or later we have to pay the price and its our accumulating debts. Its so easy to buy by plastic cards but not so easy to make the payments afterwards. Credit card applications clutter your mail box, promising that you can have everything you desire such as cars, furniture, exotic trips and diners at fancy restaurants. We have been brainwashed with attractive advertising that we feel we have to go right out and spend.

Is spending money on clothes, music, electronics, or anythingelse, one of your favourite activities. When you bring new items home, do they sit in the closet with the tag still on for weeks, months even years. For many   people in our consumerism culture, recreational shopping has become an antidote for boredom or unhappiness. Shopping is the primary hobby of many people in this country. For many people who shop to shop, it’s the addictive thrill of the purchase that keeps them going, not the actual item itself.