Are Experiences Better Than Stuff? #167
How to Money
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🗓️ 19 February 2020
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
You won’t be surprised to hear that we’re critical of the consumeristic society we live in. Our culture wants us to believe that buying things will lead to greater levels of happiness. And maybe we’ve been convinced because 70% of the overall economy is driven by consumer spending. Here’s an alternate take though: our generation seems to value experiences more than stuff, but are experiences a better use of our money? Will we be able to find more happiness through greater spending on a cool trip or nicer clothes? Regardless, we definitely want to put our money towards the things we actually value because it turns out that the far reaching effects of mindless spending can leave you broke and wanting more from your experiences and stuff.
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| 1:27.5 | Welcome to How To Money. I'm Joel. |
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| 1:33.6 | And today we're asking the question, are experiences better than stuff? |
| 1:57.2 | This is going to be a great episode. I want to tell you that right now. This is going to be a good |
| 1:59.9 | episode. Because for us, this is a question we ask ourselves, and I think this is a question |
| 2:04.5 | that a lot of our peers, a lot of folks in our generation, that they're wondering, |
| 2:09.3 | you know, this is something we've heard that experiences are better than stuff, |
| 2:13.3 | but this is something that we're going to dive into, and hopefully we're going to get to the bottom |
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