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ChinaHush Breaking Free From Consumerist Chains | zen habits ‘Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends…. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.’ ~Henry David Thoreau Post written by Leo Babauta. We are not consumers. We are not living lives meant to earn money in order to support a shopping habit, or a large home and two cars, or lives of luxury eating and entertainment. We are not living to support the corporations. We spend our childhoods — precious years that are far too fleeting — in schools geared to give us the best chance at getting a job. Either way, we find our path as consumers. Our lives are beholden to our shopping habits. What if we could break out of it? What’s the alternative? The funny thing is, there are millions of alternatives. It would be quieter, maybe, with more free time. It would be more focused on people instead of stuff. That’s all idealizing, of course, but it’s an alternative I could see happening. Steps to Freedom We must first become more aware of what has been done to our minds.

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