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I just blame others and don’t take it as my fault, I am too young for taking the responsibility. Those are the older generation, who allowed all that to happen, because that over comfortable life looks very appealing, I assume. (I personally never had an issue with that.)

What can you do? Just stop over-consume things, that simple. Wear clothes till they wear out, fix them when you can, reuse them (e.g. you can make that cover for your laptop out of your old jacket very easily). Don’t upgrade your phone (and laptop, and tablet) every other year, just keep it as long as you can. Yeah, that's difficult, because somehow every software application is super bloated. Don't buy that smart watch, you don’t need it, and they all are useless anyway. Don’t fly on planes that often. Don’t buy car, because you don’t need it in most cases. If you need car, use it as seldom as possible. I am sick of all those fat asses comminuting alone, especially inside fat cars. Possibilities are limitless, but the general public is quite mindless, to say the least.

That may sound insane for some of you, but it is not that difficult. As a person who grew up in a poor environment (i.e. no car, no tech, no fancy stuff, saving water, gas, electricity to keep the bills low) I have zero issues with keeping that life style up to this day. I can pay for all that, it’s not the money issue, it’s about being aware whether you really need all that stuff.




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