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I WANT IT NOW!

A bit of a dramatic entrance, but I want to raise awareness to an issue that is exploiting the earth’s resources.

Consumerism.

You are probably thinking “Oh. That’s not as bad as I anticipated.”

Sure, we all need things. Humans evolved and learned to communicate, and use tools, etc. But at the time, it was the essentials to survive. Now, take a look at your belongings. We all have those cooking appliances we never use, like that electric can opener. We also have a few T-shirts shoved into the corner of our wardrobe that we probably have only wore once. It’s okay, everyone is just like you. I got you.

Anyway, back to the point, we own too many unnecessary belongings.

Here are six hard hitting facts on consumerism:

• In the Average American home, there are 300,000 items
• Women will overall spend 8 years of their life shopping
• 25% of people who have two-car garages don’t have space to park their cars.
• Annually Americans spend more on shoes, jewellery and watches ($100 billion) than they do on higher education.
• Researchers have found that present day Americans purchase twice as many material goods as they did 50 years ago.
• In the US, there are more malls than high schools.

Feel free to watch this video about stuff.

In no way am I saying that we should stop consuming, I’m just putting it out there that we have are consuming unnecessary items that are in the end burdening us.

Maybe next time, consider thinking before the wallet opens.

Miss Blogette