Shopping as a Hobby

Go to the mall some day and just watch people. See what they say. See what they talk about.

Many of them are bored people who go to the mall because they have nothing else in their life. No hobbies, no interests, no goals, no direction. No life.

They fill their lives with time spent. Nothing else. Nothing to show for it except one more notch on their credit card showing a “kill” or in their terms, something bought.

What is the effect? A budget drained just a little bit, another bit of something to take care of or to shove in a closet or to think about another day.

But at least they weren’t bored. They bought some happiness. At least for a few fleeting moments.

I would guess that more budgets are ruined and more marriages are splattered by the unending trips shopping for a life than any other reason.

The answer would seem to be, stop. Stop shopping for your life. You won’t find lasting happiness in the mall. No meaning in the clearance bins. No lives changed from your excitement over one more successful find of a future Goodwill donation.

The real answer.

Find what you are good at.
Volunteer to help someone.
Find a friend.
Visit someone who is sick.
Get involved in something larger than yourself.

Stay out of the malls searching for you life. It isn’t there. All that’s there is meaningless time spent.

Your life is valuable. If you let it be.

Start today. Your life has meaning. Share it with someone else.