You're overspending because you lack values
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You're overspending because you lack values
You are not your job, you’re not how much money you have in the bank. You are not the car you drive. You’re not the contents of your wallet. You are not your fucking khakis.
— Chuck Palahniuk ( Fight Club )
You're overspending because you lack values
I’m finally coming to understand what Girard meant by,
“All desire is a desire for
being.
”
We think we want things, but every desire points to a way of life, a kind of person we long to become. Objects seduce us not with their utility but with their promise of transcendence—status, attention, belonging.
“All desire is a desire for
being.
”
We think we want things, but every desire points to a way of life, a kind of person we long to become. Objects seduce us not with their utility but with their promise of transcendence—status, attention, belonging.