Posts Tagged ‘materialism’

Your Happiness Plan

A Quick Survey Before we get under way with today’s briefer-than-normal chat, I want to conduct a little research on the run. Put up your hand if happiness is one of your aims in life. And no, participation is not optional at Stepcase Lifehack today. Yep, even you scaredy cats. Okay, keep ‘em up so I can count… 1001, 1002, 1003… yep; that’s all of you. Guessed as much. So it seems that… Continue reading

November 2 2009 | By Craig | Tagged: happiness, life, materialism, personal-development, planning | 17 comments»

How to Avoid Being Enslaved by Consumerism

“It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.” - Henry David Thoreau“Much of our activity these days is nothing more than a cheap anesthetic to deaden the pain of an empty life.” - Unknown“The things you own end up owning you.” - Tyler Durden in Fight ClubBeyond a minimum threshold of poverty, money doesn’t buy happiness. Wealth may… Continue reading

September 20 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: consumerism, Lifehack, materialism, Money, spirituality, wealth | 29 comments»