How To Avoid The Materialism TRAP

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[RasmusBakKristensen]

YES! People look at me as crazy when they come to my apartment and see how little I actually own. I hate buying stuff. My mindset changed drastically a few years ago after a car accident and I was forced on sick leave. I'm back to work now, but living on a minimum income makes you really understand just how unimportant most materialistic things are - and it sticks 😂

[wenkaywc]

I don't hate buying things, I hate the guilt afterward.

[Cikanyoro]

Recently did a wardrobe decluttering and was shocked by how many clothes I had that I was not even wearing. I felt ashamed.

[terriirvin]

Would love a deeper dive into our consumer culture and the devious advertising games they play on all of us. Most young people have no idea how they are being so manipulated. Love how aware you are and how you are educating all of us. Big fan of yours. Keep up the great work.

[mattrochelle]

I got rid of all social media and my life started to change. It’s strange how much social media affects you. It’s a stain an addiction on people’s lives total destroys life

[normaninsandiego]

Lot's of stuff won't make you happy. No debt and Lot's of Federal Reserve Notes will. I wish I had known this in my twenties.

[eccreedon]

6:42 “i can only do so much my time with two kids under two before my body starts to freak out”

… a message to anyone who says “my wife doesn’t work, she’s a stay at home mom”

[QuickSticks]

I agree that striving for stuff to fill an emotional void is futile but to push back a little, it seems you do enjoy your shiny house and car because they are featured in every video
There is certainly nothing wrong with surrounding yourself with beautiful things if you so choose

[azielaloria]

Its good to note that experiencing it firsthand is still better... just be sure to get out of the trap asap after you enjoyed it..

[joycehuff]

Would agree with you on these points. The social media influencers have created a society that has actually lost their minds. Explore the Stanley cup chaos articles. So ridiculous.

[Thegreatresetoflife]

😊 I appreciate you so much. You have encouraged me to change aspects of my life that I need to change. I went an entire week without buying fast food, or coffee. You give me hope. I can't thank you enough.

[freeroam]

This is one of your best videos yet. Congrat!!🎉

[roxtendo]

I can totally confirm this. Saved much more money and in the end I asked myself "why have I bought so many games? Most of the time I dont even remember all details...so why did I played them in the first place?"
And it costs so much time to get rid of them and you dont get the full price back. In the end it was a minus/minus thing to me.

Buy less and win more time and space!

[RolandKoller]

One of the most annoying things I’ve noticed is how many phones get released and how much we all upgrade. I am guilty of upgrading yearly. I hand my phone down to my son year after year. What I wish there was, was a company that could still make advancements to the phones internals all while using the same battery. Batteries don’t change much in size so keeping the same battery would allow us to keep getting it replaced making the phone usable for much longer than phones are now. I also realize that’s hard because the company wouldn’t grow if the profits didn’t increase year over year.

[WeAreBullets]

that was one thing that really hit me once when reading Joshua Becker's minimalism books, all these junky amazon-purchases and all these clothes and just stUff we buy in this new era of excessive consumerism are just gonna either turn back into dust or turn into non-biodegradable junk heaps. and i think of archaeologists that find stuff from ancient or classical cultures and it makes me wonder what future archaeologists will find from this era we are in now. so much junk or polluting plastics and just so much duplicates of the same crap. it blows my mind. i feel like people never used to consume so many non-perishables at such a high volume ever before in history. unless you were a king that could afford to accumulate stuff but even thAt stuff was like solid metals or pottery n such that is biodegradable or natural and also required actual skill to make those things

[ginamcneal]

I just came to the shocking realization that for my life, i only need one nice blouse. Crazy how much i have wasted buying excess clothing.

[PhilFlock]

the first thing i bought myself was a mustang as well. but it did make me happy and still is. its a reminder of how far ive come because im very frugal in the all other parts of my life

[KBWFreedomthrurealestate]

The facade of American Society. The appearance that is maintained to conceal a less pleasant reality! Materialism is one aspect of the fascade!

[VetterStarksack]

This morning I had the fantasy you just talked about; getting in shape for school reunion but luckily I‘ll never ever go there again anyway.

[PattyMiller-ublq]

AS A GRAMMY OF 13 GRANDS, I SEE THIS HAPPENING. KEEP UP THE GREAT