Ever go to the mall or clothing store simply because you want to buy more clothes? These stores are everywhere! In this department, girls are the biggest offenders. Dressers and closets and shelves full of nothing but clothes! Yes, it is true, we wear clothes everyday (Most of us anyways), but why is it that we have this absolute desire for new clothes? Is it essential to wear new clothes every time we go out in public? We can even take it a step further... Why buy designer clothes? I'll admit, even I am guilty of this. What makes a shirt worth $50 more than another shirt? A name? A brand? Some say the quality of clothes makes it more valuable, but can you honestly say a piece of clothing is going to last longer because it came from Guess or Ed Hardy? Then you wonder, what makes us buy those? Who are we trying to impress? Do we truly LIKE these clothes, or are we seeking approval from society?
Another thing we are constantly having to upgrade is our cell phones. Despite our current one being completely functional, we need to trade up and get the newest piece of hardware out there. Sometimes the features aren't even better, we just are bored with our current one. Tell me, can you truly see the difference between a 6 megapixel and 8 megapixel photo? Probably not, but we all know 8 is greater than 6, so it must be better and we should buy it. A lot of phones do the same things. Smart phones support apps, have high resolution cameras, and process at a rate we cannot begin to comprehend, yet that just isn't good enough is it? We always need more. We are always looking for something better. Always looking to throw money away on things we don't need.
Other things we are constantly upgrading unnecessarily:
- Cars
- Televisions
- Shoes
- Jewelry
- Houses
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I blame all of this on how we define success. Success isn't being happy, or being a good parent, or a good spouse. It's not loving what you do and doing what you love; it's money. It's whether or not you have the biggest house or the fastest car; the latest fashions and the newest gadgets. I think all of our consumer problems stem from the media instilling in it that those are the things by which we mark success.
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