Material Things

Growing up has really taught me about the lack of importance in material possessions and how objects do not make one's live happier or more fulfilling. People obsess about the latest iPhone, laptop, car, or shoes, spending thousands of dollars a year on objects that are bought in hopes of filling a void in one's life, that will never be filled. You won't be happier for camping out to get the latest iPhone 6s, or staying up on Black Friday to get the latest deals, if one is unhappy and depressed, material things will never help you deal with the real problems in your life. As a teen, we think buying things will make our life better, alter our appearance per say, and make us look happy, but it's not true. Once you spend the money and you have the item that you were desperate to buy for so long, it soon becomes another unimportant possession in a collection of many objects that have become worthless in your life. You won't realize it until you have what you always wanted, and realize it made no difference in your life, because then later on you will  find something else to drool over until you buy that item also; it is a never ending cycle of consumerism that just adds to capitalism and the growth of major corporations that already own about 90% of media and businesses.

I know this personally because a couple months ago, I was obsessing over some Nike Roshe. I would go online and just sit there and look and pictures of them, I would admire their appearance and hope to find a deal for them online. Soon after I bought them, they just became another pair of shoes I owned. I would not wear them a often as I once did, they just sat in the closet in that bright orange box. Now I realize, they are just shoes, expensive shoes that made no effect in my life, and honestly now I  realize I would not care if I did't have them anymore of if I gave them away, it was just a phase, a need to buy them. 

Material Possessions will never fill the void of unhappiness. Go out and find REAL happiness. Once you achieve that real happiness, it does to matter what time of shoes you own or what phone you have, because you will always be genuinely happy :)