The older I am, the more I want to avoid something like the ‘buying mind.’
I find myself resisting the urge to make impulsive purchases, opting for experiences over material possessions, and questioning the true value of the things I buy. Living in the third decade of the XXI century is challenging. We are bombarded by incentives to buy and spend money. If you purchase something, you are successful. This is the foundation of capitalism’s success. I do not consider myself an anti-capitalist. Contrary. I was born in 1985, and my parents and grandparents were living in a communist country (Poland was under Soviet influence between 1945 and 1989).
I heard too many negative opinions about communism in my life.
That’s why I am pro-capitalism (after all, I work in an American company). Still, I do not want to devote my mind and body, my being, to the capitalist structure. I want to work, earn money, and spend it on necessary things. Still, I do not want to be a mindless consumer. Also, I do not want to go to the market to realize my soul (as The Clash sang in one of their greatest songs, “Rudie Can’t Fail”). I do not want to have the “buying mind” mindset. I do not believe that I was born to earn and spend money. Undoubtedly, you were not born to earn and spend money, my Dear Friend.
Unfortunately, I do not know the true sense of life.
Perhaps we all were simply born to just be, nothing more. I prefer to have a creative mind rather than a buying one. Unfortunately, I am not as innovative as I would like to be. The older I am, the more I feel it is not possible to force creativity in one’s mind, heart, and soul. I think it is much easier to go shopping and focus on buying new, often unnecessary, stuff.
