great post lady!! i find this to be so applicable and your words speak right to me.
as far as choosing to make less money (or take away the AC), i find that is such an interesting one. i choose not to have a "full time job" outside of the home and so i live with less than most people. it's so culturally frowned upon to not want "all the things", but seriously they don't make me happy so why would i work to have them? why would i work for someone else all that much in general to gain things that i don't even really want? i feel that is a conundrum of the times. people wanting and acquiring things or thinking they need them because of the popularity or marketing of the item.
even AC really isn't needed- we don't have it. people for generations have survived without it. it really isn't even that good for your system- to go from extreme hot to extreme cold and live in a climate controlled area. i find there's always an alternative or even natural way to find these things we seek.
as far as wanting things we don't have and making ourselves unhappy about it-- this post spoke right to me. it's not even a thing i can buy even, but an experience i can't control that i'm seeking. but i can't control whether it will come to me. i need to sit back and be happy with what i have. thanks for the reminder. <3
I don't know how I missed replying to this comment. You are absolutely right. There is a lot that we can live without but we think we cannot because we are just so influenced by everything going on around us and by what the general masses are doing. Loved your comment!!! <3