The Consumerism Curse

My battle to consume less continues on every front: from clothes to household items to everything else. I have been ruthlessly paring down the list of things I want in my life to the absolute favorites.

We are wearing less and less of what we own, and that is the ultimate sin of consumerism.

There is one demon [...] an addiction that is worse than nicotine: consumerism. For the past four years, every year, I make an effort to get rid of things and buy less. It is not easy to do — the machines of desire work constantly and are powerful.