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The problem with consumerism is it says you should always be happy and healthy—so it can keep selling you products that promise to make you happy and healthy. But you can't always be happy and healthy. Never meeting this expectation causes much sadness and distress.
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This runs deep. Pay attention to advertisements for anything from watches to cars to detergents. The people are always beautiful, happy, and healthy. The ads say little to nothing about the product itself. You aren't buying the thing, you are buying the life it promises.
No watch, car, or detergent will ever lead to lasting health or happiness. Being rushed still sucks. Traffic still sucks. Cleaning up dog shit still sucks.
We need a new, non-dual way to strive. Try to be healthy and happy! But also realize parts of life suck, and that's OK too!
We need a new, non-dual way to strive. Try to be healthy and happy! But also realize parts of life suck, and that's OK too!
Tragic irony: we spend so much time and energy stressing so we can buy stuff in futile hopes of meeting impossible expectations. But if this time and energy was spent on things like community, physical activity, sleep, reading—we'd actually be much happier and healthier.
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