Chasing a lifestyle that is unaffordable and unsustainable because that’s what the boomers got to experience (at our expense & the planet) is what gets everyone deep in debt.
I’m talking about frivolous and expensive experiences, buying houses that are far bigger than our needs, buying cars and technology you don’t actually need as a treat to yourself, buying your children’s love with cheap crappy toys and gadgets that break quickly and become garbage, purchasing fast fashion made with slave labor, etc.
I would add one row at the very top:
Advertisement & Consumerism
Chasing a lifestyle that is unaffordable and unsustainable because that’s what the boomers got to experience (at our expense & the planet) is what gets everyone deep in debt.
I’m talking about frivolous and expensive experiences, buying houses that are far bigger than our needs, buying cars and technology you don’t actually need as a treat to yourself, buying your children’s love with cheap crappy toys and gadgets that break quickly and become garbage, purchasing fast fashion made with slave labor, etc.