Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Shopping isn’t always necessary… or harmless. We buy things we don’t need… to impress, to keep up, to feel like we matter.

Schopenhauer noticed this long ago: We care more about how we appear to others than about our own happiness.

But buying expensive things comes at a cost. Money requires work. Work requires time and energy. And the more we own, the more we have to maintain, protect, and worry about.

In many ways, the urge to buy keeps us trapped. It promises satisfaction, but rarely delivers. Because the more we get used to having, the more we feel we need.

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