To buy or not to buy: making our selves through our homes (Part 8)

This is part eight of a series on tackling wants, managing my media diet, and finding enough. Each post stands alone, so you don’t have to read them all. Read the introduction on “the mindset of more.” I want this lamp. I want it unreasonably. I don’t need this lamp, but can one ever have enough lamps? I have left it on my wishlist for six months, and I still want it just as much as I did when I added it. They tell you to do that instead of impulse buying, so you can see if you still want it after the initial glow of desire wears off. I basically always still want whatever it is — even years later. My want for aesthetic consumer goods endures* to the point it’s almost funny, except it would be nice to stop wanting. *(How long have I lusted after this wallpaper? Pretty sure before the pandemic. I have a whole powder room mentally designed around it: classic black and white hex tile floor, pedestal sink, glossy black wainscoting halfway up the walls 🥵 Alas, that room is probably never…