At The Water's Edge
Retail Therapy
Definitely during "the professional years" at other times too I would CDs, dvds, videos etc during my lunchtimes. I think the motivation would be to cheer myself up, compensate for the life I was living. The interesting thing is since I started I doing this that hasn't happened. I couldn't afford to anyway, but the point is, I don't miss it. Hqalf of those damned CDs and DVDs haven't been watched anyway. For me, alot of the material things I bought were distractions from the emptiness I was feeling, they were supposed to satisfy me. They never did but I had to make a desent living doing a job that didn't satisfy me totally to pay for the distractions from that dissatisfaction. When I started being satisfied with my life my consumption of material distractions went down automatically.
This isn't to say I don't buy any material things now but when I do, I do feel I value them. I dont tire of them quickly and want the next fix.
