I Am Not Materialistic Stories of Experiences

I have never been materialistic or a huge consumer , labels mean nothing to me . In fact those who are label wh0res are amusing , they aren't bright enough to see how they are being swindled and played .Who the hell wants to keep up...

I think it's pretty sad that people will spend a small fortune on a car that they cannot fix themselves. The auto industry and auto repair industries are the biggest con artist there are. I like to fix my own cars because, I do better...

"Possession of material riches, without inner peace, is like dying of thirst while bathing in a lake." ~ Paramahansa Yogananda

"He who buys what he does not need, steals from himself." ~ Swedish Proverb

“Unnecessary possessions are unnecessary burdens. If you have them, you have to take care of them! There is great freedom in simplicity of living. It is those who have enough, but not too much, who are the happiest.” ~ Peace Pilgrim...

"Not what we have, but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance." ~ John Petit-Senn

Honestly.. i don't know why some people can be so materialistic sometimes... cuz it's like.. no one cares what you have.. its what is on the inside what counts (:

I don't know if I'm alone with that but I love old things.
Someone built them and if I bought something second hand, this furniture or whatever it is, meant something to someone.
I can't replace things that still work, it feels like...

"Many wealthy people are little more than the janitors of their possessions." ~ Frank Lloyd Wright

This birthday, no one knew what to get me because there is genuinely nothing I want. Everything I need is in the forest, and I would rather make it by hand anyway. Having "things" just ties you down, forces you to lug them around, and...

I may not be a conformist...
I may not be affiliated to a political party or any religious group...
I could care less what your race, culture, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexual orientation is...
I care to own nothing...
I don't even...

No need for extravagance in my life. I try to keep my life as simple as possible. Just the basics will do. I make enough to live. I own a small house in an older neighborhood. I drive a reliable beater that has taken me as far as 800...

"Some people are so poor, all they have is money." ~ Unknown

Practically all of us desire things of a materialistic stature. But it's how far and how extreme that longing for "materialistic" things that counts. If you get the point when you actually believe money buys happiness-that's when you...

"Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you...

           There seems to be the idea that the more we have the more we need, and the more we need the more we want. It seems to be a never ending cycle that seems to be the way of life for most people. The more and more I see the...

Let's start somewhere obvious: It's nice to have stuff.  That's a point that's pretty hard to debate.  We all like to have some things.  For that matter, we all need certain things.But I don't need much.  I can and have lived out...

"Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like." ~ Will Rogers

So this is something that has always bothered me. I have never judged people by what they owned and I never felt it necessary to always own the new best thing. Sure, shopping can lift my spirits at times and I love the smell of new...

Style comes in a material package and we live in a material society !
Sometimes we do things to keep up with the joneses -