Standing in front of all my stuff, it hit me that all of it used to be money, and all of that used to be time.

I don’t know if people develop such a deep connection to the things they buy these days. Many people have a strong desire to possess the latest thing, and manufacturers and advertisers know this. It is not by accident that merchandise is not created to last. The objects of our desire are constantly changing. And our desires for the objects we

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the idea that shopping is a material issue, and overconsumption is a budgeting problem, rather than a spiritual problem.