HOW TO AVOID THINKING IN A MATERIALISTIC WAY
Money can’t buy you love. It can’t buy you happiness either. Today’s materialistic world often urges us to buy the coolest gadgets, the trendiest clothes, bigger and better things, but research shows that possessions and purchases don’t buy us happiness. Money buys happiness only for those who lack the basic needs. Once you pass an income of one lakh rupees, more money doesn’t buy much more happiness, [according to a happiness studies]. So while we are being pushed towards materialism, it’s for monetary gain by corporations, not for our own happiness. Unfortunately, it’s hard to escape the trap of materialism, and find happiness in other ways than buying stuff online or finding joy in the mall. Materialistic Thinking Is Your Worst Enemy All around us, there are messages telling us to buy stuff. On the Internet (blogs included), we see continuous advertising trying to get us to purchase a product or service. It’s the main reason for television, and movies are continually made with p