consumerism

23 Jun, 2025

Make sure your life isn’t just waiting for something. Waiting until you look right, waiting for that career milestone, waiting for the next meal, waiting for GTA 6 or the new season of a TV show. Waiting for these isn’t wrong but life happens between and outside of them. You should create and visit things and plan things for yourself in between. Too much of today is just this time-sinking consumerism to hold you over until the next thing…

Many lives are so difficult that it just consists of that: this week new album release, the week after a new game, 2 weeks later new movie they looked forward to, some months defined by chasing trend highs like unboxing blind boxes… it feels really empty with nothing else. They keep chasing that maximum of 1h of escapism, of joy that there is something new, the thing to stay alive for a little longer…

Create bubbles of joy that you control and that don’t cost you much or at all. Create rewards that aren’t tied to someone else or money.