- People buy new things for that little charge of excitement to their day, for that little dopamine charge. But try finding pleasure in accomplishing daily life with what you have, with basic tools be it kitchen utensils or clothing etc. There is something to be enjoyed in that simplicity and accomplishment.
In my neighbourhood - garages are packed with “stuff” to the point they don’t put cars in them in the winter and it routinely hits -20 to -35 for 4 months of the year - insane!
Yes, my neighbor has garage sale stuff that amounts to maybe $100 in her garage because she never knows when she might throw a garage sale 😂. In the mean time, $80,000 valued vehicles sit in the driveway exposed to the elements.
That's insane. We do have problems with hoarding in the UK but our garages are so small there's not lots you can fit in there so sports equipment or bicycles is usually what goes into them. Most people here have their cars parked right outside their house so they are kept off the road but I would question why I have all that stuff in my garage and if it all got destroyed what would I remember of it?
He doesnt talk about the fact that consumption can easily become an ADDICTION, and often is... and, our culture is highly skewed to consumerism. Encourages, pushes, and rewards consumerism. So there are bigger cultural implications - there is a strong belonging instinct tie-in.
We are supposed to be the smart ape but we still follow the leaders such as pop and film icons and think no matter how much it costs financially or emotionally, I want to be like them. We need to build up our sense of self confidence and priorities and question our behaviour. It’s called being a mature insightful grownup.
@@lizziebkennedy7505If op's name was Steve Jobs and those remaining 10% of his clothes were turtlenecks and pants, the press and masses will gush over him. 😂
Dishes. Having cancer last fall has helped me purge. I cleaned out my cupboards and purged dishes from a life I no longer have. Kids live in other states now and I don’t entertain like I used to. Cupboards look clean and have space! Now, not to fill it back up.
I hope you are doing well and just had to say what a spot on way to express it. "Keeping things from a life we no longer have. " I might add hanging on to things also for" someday I might. " Both keep people stuck never letting go and thinking they may need more. Vicki
6:30 I understand that Google uses location services to compare the interest/history of the persons near you (with other similar markers) and offers each of you recommendations of your peers. This is why it appears our phones are listening in when we are with others.
Interesting I had a huge addiction to this before my wife put her foot down but helped me realize I was looking for dopamine hits and these things won’t make me happy
Yeah I think if we question why we are addicted to buying stuff it helps in recovery. I only buy things I need and know for definite I will use and if I'm not using it, immediately it goes to someone else so it never piles up. I suppose as well when you have lots of hobbies and interests it's easier to buy stuff but I have to question if I'm going to use this till it breaks and if I have the room to organise this beautifully. If not I just don't buy it.
For me, I have definitely been negatively affected by my shopping addiction. I’ve cured it and paid every loan (and closed every credit). However I still get the urge. I realise I buy tiny minuscule things that I don’t even really want. But it’s easier to obtain than my more expensive real wants.
I understand. I am probably much older than you. through the years you make more. There was a saying "the more you make the more you spend". It is so true. So if in the future you make more.... enjoy life, enjoy adventures, but spend on material things like you are still broke.
Agree with your assessment that FB/IG is WAY better than Google/youtube at target with ads. I absolutely hate advertising in general, as 99% of it is completely irrelevant to me. FB is the first platform that actually present ads that are often of interest to me 🤔
Reasons people buy: 1) items are tools- use them to accomplish a greater goal 2) use them to get status 3) use goods to belong - be part of a community like Patagonia 4) Boredom
One of those lock boxes are good as well where you put an addictive object like your credit card or phone in it and you program to lock it for a certain time period.
Hoarders is another absolutely amazing show in addition to the others on that network. Its not difficult to piece together the human connection to shit!!!
But I don't have an addiction to buying new things. I do, however, have an addiction to: - not starving to death - not freezing to death - keeping my dependents emotionally neutral rather than crying all the time
My take...the Brain is such a powerful organ, (runs the whole body) but weak as it can be brainwashed so easily. If it can be swayed to follow a leader, do harm to others...it can be convinced to shop and spend money. It's how to keep the economy going. And the big businesses know it. I stay away from Instagram. What I have seen from my own experience. I don't have an addiction or am I an hoarder. I have always hated shopping but can spend money. And when I needed something or was going to work on a project; I had to go out. Now I can go online and it's at my door. Sometimes the item sits for 6 months before I use it for the reason I bought it.
Interesting question and such a thoughtful and thought-provoking answer. Interestingly, I watched your post on Ayrton's markers today on IG and had a Temu add for number markers shortly after.
I continually purge after being someone who held onto things far too long in my last life. Now I value my time with people more than holding onto things longer than necessary. The only thing I buy and provide online is our patented award winning 98% absorbable liquid collagen and our clean living products from my worldwide clean living business.
A problem is the inability to fix something at a low cost or compared to getting new. So to say this is just stuff getting' isnt completely true. from that perspective.imo
To each their own, instagram’s ads are horrendous for me. Gun attachments (I don’t own a gun), fishing gear (I don’t fish), and pet fur removers (I don’t have a pet) immediately spring to mind
Thats kind of silly! Whats the evidence for these "evolutionary reasons"? You are making assumptions about the past, based on your presuppositions about that past!
It's a typical "materialist" explanation for everything, reducing everything to some logical evolutionary mechanism. I've watched shows on hunter gatherers and they like nothing better than lazing around on mats or hammocks between hunts.
- People buy new things for that little charge of excitement to their day, for that little dopamine charge. But try finding pleasure in accomplishing daily life with what you have, with basic tools be it kitchen utensils or clothing etc. There is something to be enjoyed in that simplicity and accomplishment.
In my neighbourhood - garages are packed with “stuff” to the point they don’t put cars in them in the winter and it routinely hits -20 to -35 for 4 months of the year - insane!
Yes, my neighbor has garage sale stuff that amounts to maybe $100 in her garage because she never knows when she might throw a garage sale 😂. In the mean time, $80,000 valued vehicles sit in the driveway exposed to the elements.
That's insane. We do have problems with hoarding in the UK but our garages are so small there's not lots you can fit in there so sports equipment or bicycles is usually what goes into them. Most people here have their cars parked right outside their house so they are kept off the road but I would question why I have all that stuff in my garage and if it all got destroyed what would I remember of it?
We buy things we don't need with money we don't have to impress people we don't like (or know)
Don’t agree. They are also different reasons
The things you own end up owning you
Cliche
@HurricaneIrene07 its only when you have lost everything that you are free to do anything
Ok, Dave
He doesnt talk about the fact that consumption can easily become an ADDICTION, and often is... and, our culture is highly skewed to consumerism. Encourages, pushes, and rewards consumerism. So there are bigger cultural implications - there is a strong belonging instinct tie-in.
We are supposed to be the smart ape but we still follow the leaders such as pop and film icons and think no matter how much it costs financially or emotionally, I want to be like them. We need to build up our sense of self confidence and priorities and question our behaviour. It’s called being a mature insightful grownup.
I’ve cleared out 70% of my clothes closet this year. And still I only wear 10% of what is left.
Oh yeah? I cleared out 100% of my wardrobe this year and I only wear 0% of what's left
@@rustyyoung7980jeez, did you get your buttons pushed!
Lol
@@lizziebkennedy7505If op's name was Steve Jobs and those remaining 10% of his clothes were turtlenecks and pants, the press and masses will gush over him. 😂
We’re proud of you 👏 🤗
Dishes. Having cancer last fall has helped me purge. I cleaned out my cupboards and purged dishes from a life I no longer have. Kids live in other states now and I don’t entertain like I used to. Cupboards look clean and have space! Now, not to fill it back up.
I hope you are doing well and just had to say what a spot on way to express it. "Keeping things from a life we no longer have. " I might add hanging on to things also for" someday I might. " Both keep people stuck never letting go and thinking they may need more. Vicki
@@richardeidemiller6739
Well said, very much agree 👍
6:30 I understand that Google uses location services to compare the interest/history of the persons near you (with other similar markers) and offers each of you recommendations of your peers.
This is why it appears our phones are listening in when we are with others.
Interesting I had a huge addiction to this before my wife put her foot down but helped me realize I was looking for dopamine hits and these things won’t make me happy
Glad your wife helped you change your ways. Not many men allow this or change at all
Yeah I think if we question why we are addicted to buying stuff it helps in recovery. I only buy things I need and know for definite I will use and if I'm not using it, immediately it goes to someone else so it never piles up. I suppose as well when you have lots of hobbies and interests it's easier to buy stuff but I have to question if I'm going to use this till it breaks and if I have the room to organise this beautifully. If not I just don't buy it.
Dopamine hit
A significant factor imo
Thank you so much 👍🏾
I declutter regularly and seldom overbuy. We are not all like how it is portrayed in this video!
Owning stuff provides amazing recreational opportunities and a great quality of life.
For me, I have definitely been negatively affected by my shopping addiction. I’ve cured it and paid every loan (and closed every credit). However I still get the urge. I realise I buy tiny minuscule things that I don’t even really want. But it’s easier to obtain than my more expensive real wants.
I can't relate to this. I'm so broke.
I understand. I am probably much older than you. through the years you make more. There was a saying "the more you make the more you spend". It is so true. So if in the future you make more.... enjoy life, enjoy adventures, but spend on material things like you are still broke.
@@isabelgomes6118 I'm 39.
Agree with your assessment that FB/IG is WAY better than Google/youtube at target with ads. I absolutely hate advertising in general, as 99% of it is completely irrelevant to me. FB is the first platform that actually present ads that are often of interest to me 🤔
Reasons people buy:
1) items are tools- use them to accomplish a greater goal
2) use them to get status
3) use goods to belong - be part of a community like Patagonia
4) Boredom
I did freeze my credit cards . They are in my freezer until I pay them off and I’m ok with that . In fact , I have too much stuff, good stuff though .
One of those lock boxes are good as well where you put an addictive object like your credit card or phone in it and you program to lock it for a certain time period.
Hoarders is another absolutely amazing show in addition to the others on that network. Its not difficult to piece together the human connection to shit!!!
Asking question should only take a few words.
I'm glad Trent Reznor is focused on self help these days
Rather buy time and option to live the way I want by saving money than constantly buy stuff and being financially stressed.
I always get ads for stuff I never buy or want...or company's that are woke...and I dont buy from.
You make sense
What's the shiner from?
Unhappy ppl tend to accumulate stuff. #dopaminehits
But I don't have an addiction to buying new things. I do, however, have an addiction to:
- not starving to death
- not freezing to death
- keeping my dependents emotionally neutral rather than crying all the time
My take...the Brain is such a powerful organ, (runs the whole body) but weak as it can be brainwashed so easily. If it can be swayed to follow a leader, do harm to others...it can be convinced to shop and spend money. It's how to keep the economy going. And the big businesses know it. I stay away from Instagram. What I have seen from my own experience. I don't have an addiction or am I an hoarder. I have always hated shopping but can spend money. And when I needed something or was going to work on a project; I had to go out. Now I can go online and it's at my door. Sometimes the item sits for 6 months before I use it for the reason I bought it.
Interesting question and such a thoughtful and thought-provoking answer.
Interestingly, I watched your post on Ayrton's markers today on IG and had a Temu add for number markers shortly after.
Why does an 8 minute video need an intro?
Longer views equal more ad revenue potential!
I only own a loin cloth and a cup
Not everything is evolution, it's human nature.
Those 2 terms are fairly synonymous!
I continually purge after being someone who held onto things far too long in my last life. Now I value my time with people more than holding onto things longer than necessary. The only thing I buy and provide online is our patented award winning 98% absorbable liquid collagen and our clean living products from my worldwide clean living business.
A problem is the inability to fix something at a low cost or compared to getting new. So to say this is just stuff getting' isnt completely true. from that perspective.imo
3 outfits? Cmon man.
Buy what you need. If everyone stop buying. In out society would not have jobs.
This is something poor people say.
To each their own, instagram’s ads are horrendous for me. Gun attachments (I don’t own a gun), fishing gear (I don’t fish), and pet fur removers (I don’t have a pet) immediately spring to mind
You have a sickness and boredom issue.
😂😂
people are awful, nice items faithful😊
You may have a point 😂
Thats kind of silly! Whats the evidence for these "evolutionary reasons"? You are making assumptions about the past, based on your presuppositions about that past!
It's a typical "materialist" explanation for everything, reducing everything to some logical evolutionary mechanism. I've watched shows on hunter gatherers and they like nothing better than lazing around on mats or hammocks between hunts.
Lol hoarding is not a Disease
It is part of OCD
@@virginicaanderson1569 disorder not disease
Hording is definitely a mental health problem.
@@AeceDece but not a disease
The word comes from 2 words. Dis ease…the opposite of wellbeing. Many people are not at ease with themselves, our lives etc
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day
is there an evolutionary reason for his kermit the frog voice?
The internet is brutal!!
我的天哪！
He’s in good company with Jordan Peterson.