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Tackle your affluenza
A few luxuries and indulgences now and then are delightful as long as you are not victims of the craving. Like all viruses, you can't hit this one with an antibiotic. You have to prevent it from attacking.
Where family bonding and simple pleasures are more important, you think? Actually, studies are proving just the opposite. An equal number were depressed; and sleeplessness and memory deficits affected 34% and 44% respectively. There's more. A newspaper survey of highly paid executives showed that 98% either take work home or go into office on holidays; 61% believe their health is at risk; 67% are unhappy about the time spent with their families; and 56% would prefer a job with a lower salary but less stress.
Do you often
1. Compare what you own with what others own?
2. Beat your blues by shopping compulsively?
3. Admire people who own expensive cars, homes and clothes?
4. Measure people's worth by how much they own?
5. Think that your life would be better if you had more money to spend?
6. Become preoccupied about earning more though you are earning comfortably?
7. Spend more time thinking about what you don't have rather than enjoying what you do have?
If you answered yes to more than 3 of these questions, you are at high risk of being attacked by the Affluenza virus. Chances are that you are feeling worried, irritable, exhausted, and sleep-deprived and thinking that life is a bit of a drag. This might be a warning sign for a reality check and realigning your priorities.
• Keep your focus on what you need, not on what the ads say you need.
• Buy what you can afford. Stop taking huge loans with crippling EMIs. “Stop comparing and keeping up appearances. Make your body, clothes, home and lifestyle authentic, not fashionable.
• Avoid "buy one get one free". You'll buying things you might never use.
• Spend time just having fun. Don't fret, "I am wasting my time".
• Inculcate the value of "we will not follow the herd" in your children. Be their role models.
• Check what your family wants: more time with you or the fat paycheck. If the former, cut down at work, if the latter, seriously consider therapy!
A few luxuries and indulgences now and then are delightful - as long as you are not victims of the craving. After all, happiness is not about having what you want but wanting what you have.