I couldn't consume my way into a new life
Using consumerism as our only avenue for reinvention and expression stunts our ability to genuinely change. I learned this the hard way.
Last month I read Anastasia Selby’s piece Overwhelm and Gratitude: Learning to leave materialism behind on their Substack, Entropical Paradise, and it resonated with me deeply.
They write,
“I have been thinking about all the things I have bought.
All the things I have bought throughout my lifetime. The Staub dutch oven I bought with my covid unemployment. …
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