Interesting blog post from No-Impact Man about women's happiness in a consumer-based society: research that examines whether the ability to have and to make more choices than ever before provides greater happiness in women.
Worth the 5 minutes it takes to read and digest the thoughts. Probably also worth the number of times you will recall this article as you make choices over the next several days: "5 grain Italian loaf, or 7 grain wheat loaf? Milk dated June 3rd or June 5th? Would you like to super-size that? Should I buy the same exact sweater in red or blue?"
It is interesting to think how some people take consumerism so seriously by swearing by only one particular brand of such-and-such. . . Do they believe that the ability to make that choice provides greater control in their life? Is that just a red flag reminding us that sometimes we are out of control of the choices that really matter in our lives?
i'm still chewing on this article having read it yesterday...good stuff.
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