Is it being greedy or is it necessary? An example would be someone complaining about their house. Is it really necessary for them to have a bigger house? If the living conditions are bad or the house really is too small then it may be necessary. Another example is a shop is giving a discount of 30% on loads of items such as mini dustpan and brush or an electric marshmallow toaster, etc. Unless one wants the items the discount is rather pointless. If one wants it because it is discounted it could be classed as green as wanting something one does not need just for the sake of it is rather greedy. One should ask themselves “Do I need this?” If the answer is no then spending 70% of its purposed retail price, is pointless. This is not to say that one should never use these discounts, just not buy useless stuff.
But what about wanting a better life, new car, a bigger house or more money? We all want something we cannot have and the fact we cannot have it makes us want it even more. Take this example, a new video game is about to come out and although there are loads of video games that do the job and would happily entertain us for ages we want this one. Why? What makes this game better than the loads before it? Sure it may be marketed at allowing the user to drive new cars or has better handling; it is at the end of the day just a new game. What if this game really is the best thing ever? Then wait a few months and the price will drop and if nothing else is made that can beat it then buy it. It will be cheaper and reviews can back it up as the best game ever.
What about more money? Now this is something that is very interesting the want for money as it is the backbone of the life we live. To live we need money to pay the rent and buy food. The human race does not need money to live. The human race needs warmth, water, food and sleep. To get warmth we need to buy clothes, and pay the rent to stay somewhere. To get water we need to buy drinks. To get food we need to buy food from the supermarket. To sleep we need somewhere to stay. All of these require money but not because they were meant to require money but because our way of living has made it so. People can survive living in the woods if they want. Money is required to make our life better. We do need money but too much money is rather pointless. If one wins a million what does one do? Spend it on a house and car and other stuff? A million is then gone. It is the upkeep that will then push that ex millionaire into work. If that millionaire had put all the money into savings accounts or spent it on something that will produce more money. The millionaire can survive with out working. Before he won the million he was alive and after he is still just alive. Us what money we have to better our self and not buy useless junk we do not need. Before you buy something ask yourself “do I need it?” Think long and hard before coming up with the answer. The same thing goes about replacing something, is it broken? Does it need fixing? At the end of the day we are having a better life than other people. Spending money on stuff that gives us nothing back only brings our life down later on when we have debt and a house full of junk.
But what about wanting a better life, new car, a bigger house or more money? We all want something we cannot have and the fact we cannot have it makes us want it even more. Take this example, a new video game is about to come out and although there are loads of video games that do the job and would happily entertain us for ages we want this one. Why? What makes this game better than the loads before it? Sure it may be marketed at allowing the user to drive new cars or has better handling; it is at the end of the day just a new game. What if this game really is the best thing ever? Then wait a few months and the price will drop and if nothing else is made that can beat it then buy it. It will be cheaper and reviews can back it up as the best game ever.
What about more money? Now this is something that is very interesting the want for money as it is the backbone of the life we live. To live we need money to pay the rent and buy food. The human race does not need money to live. The human race needs warmth, water, food and sleep. To get warmth we need to buy clothes, and pay the rent to stay somewhere. To get water we need to buy drinks. To get food we need to buy food from the supermarket. To sleep we need somewhere to stay. All of these require money but not because they were meant to require money but because our way of living has made it so. People can survive living in the woods if they want. Money is required to make our life better. We do need money but too much money is rather pointless. If one wins a million what does one do? Spend it on a house and car and other stuff? A million is then gone. It is the upkeep that will then push that ex millionaire into work. If that millionaire had put all the money into savings accounts or spent it on something that will produce more money. The millionaire can survive with out working. Before he won the million he was alive and after he is still just alive. Us what money we have to better our self and not buy useless junk we do not need. Before you buy something ask yourself “do I need it?” Think long and hard before coming up with the answer. The same thing goes about replacing something, is it broken? Does it need fixing? At the end of the day we are having a better life than other people. Spending money on stuff that gives us nothing back only brings our life down later on when we have debt and a house full of junk.
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