Comments on Kelly Martin Speaks: Consumerism And The Recession

Hi everyone, sorry for delay in responding as you ...

2011-10-02T23:37:29.239+01:00

Hi everyone, sorry for delay in responding as you can see have been playing a lot with the structure and layout of blog.

Andy B, Yes the previous generations I feel certainly were more clue up and less dependant on technology. It makes me wonder about the 'myth' of Atlantis. Of which I don't feel was a myth. To me a continent that became dependant on technology which perhaps destroyed itself because of it. Makes me wonder where we have decided to change this through a recession that opens our eyes wide to whats really important?

Simone, Totally, this is what my parents said and say to me. Me too, I was very materialistic, but I had no sense of value of my own worth. Less and more simplicity has shone a light on my true value and worth and maybe this will happen for others too.

Julia, how true. I am having a 'natural' Christmas this year and I am making all of my gifts and bringing nature indoors. I place a lot of love and value into these gifts and so to me they have more worth than going to a shop and taking something off a shelf and popping it in a bag. My landlady was telling me her husband has 30 pairs of trousers unopened with tags still on because they let their daughters buy Christmas gifts they are not into. She has the same. And today she was about to throw away a bag full of frozen food because it had been opened but its best by date was not until 2012. Since embracing simplicity in my life I leave very little waste now. Apparently its just over 8 million tonnes of food (worth 10 billion pounds)is food that is thrown away each year by households, supermarkets and institutions. AND I consider this and think "a lot of people with nothing in this world and all this waste?!" ludicrous.

Life is worth exploring and I am really starting to appreciate every last thing in life.

Thanks to everyone for responding.

I agree with you 100 per cent! The possibility of ...

2011-09-24T01:54:05.008+01:00

I agree with you 100 per cent! The possibility of another recession has me thinking twice about the purchases I make. I can get easily swept up in consumerism and my ego takes me for quite the ride! I try to remind myself that these things I covet (designer bags, shoes, luxury cars) only have worth because the society I live says they do, but the things that cannot be bought (such as health, happiness and love) are far more valuable.

Just wanted to say that I concur with all you have...

2011-09-22T10:52:08.017+01:00

Just wanted to say that I concur with all you have said in this post. When I was a child my Mum said to me 'you come into this World with nothing and you leave with nothing', and also 'you can't take it with you' with regards to money. I was quite materialistic when I was younger but now I value my health and happiness above wealth. x

This is a topic I have a lot of interest in, I hav...

2011-09-20T18:38:09.812+01:00

This is a topic I have a lot of interest in, I haven't really got anything more to say but I do agree that the recession can be a wake up call for our country and I do hope people heed the message. I think that people will cling to their luxuries as long as they can (ie cars) but some may have to do without for a while. In some ways maybe the previous generations were more clued up ..