RE: How Video Games Showed Me What Really Matters In Life
Wonderful post. I agree with much of what you said - when I watch the real estate program on HGTV, I see women who practically demand that they have hardwood floors, upscale kitchen (no old tile - they want & insist on materials they don't actually need t/b happy) - they're doing it to "keep up with the Jones". They look/appear so silly, to me.
It's as if they were going to die, if they didn't get the fancy, upgraded kitchen or bathroom [seems they don't realize that they're operating from a place of negative emotion - they "feel like" they'll be embarrassed around their friends or they won't appear cool enough.
Being happy is more about being at peace - and not worrying constantly about what other people think!
That's my take. Happy holidays .
I have to wonder if HGTV seeks out such people to feature on their shows, because what you describe is exactly how I see it too. If it isn't exactly perfect in every way to their imagined dream home, even if the paint is wrong in a room - the simplest of fixes - then they will not buy it.
If they only realized that most times the Jones' are completely broke and living paycheck to paycheck then maybe they could see that by not keeping up with them and instead using your money more wisely you will eventually surpass the old Jones'.