Could you give up your computer?

I could never be a business major.

Want to know what makes me cringe, guaranteed?
This happens frequently actually, as of late.
The other day, I went into that new store in GP, Rue 21, I'm sure all you GP fellers know of it. It was crowded with youngins, and mothers in their twenties with little children hanging off of them.
I cringed.
I watched the news tonight. They showed video clips of the latest car Toyota (I think it was them...) is making; some sort of hybrid. It was a speedy little car; cute and fast it was. And the reporters were so excited about this new car, almost as if we have been living in the dark ages without it.
I cringed.
Then they showed how the stock market of something or rather had gone up.
I cringed.
And yet they continued on another story of a GAP store soon to open in Brazil, like it was the newest and most exciting thing that could ever possibly happen and how did they ever live without it before.
I cringed.

Do you see a pattern in any of these things?
Materialism.
The love of money and the love of things.
Something has changed within me over the last few months.
I don't enjoy shopping as much. And I nearly hate shopping in a store that is playing the latest pop and/or autotune songs, or is selling bright and tacky clothing, or ones that sell clothing that give off the vibe of "you need me, without me you will not be good enough, this is the best thing you will ever own." Maybe I'm crazy?
Maybe it's because I didn't go shopping much over the 6 months that I was gone?
Who knows.
But am I only one who sees how materialistic our society has become, in EVERY area, in such a short time?!

And I'm not going to plead innocent always either.
I have thought about this on many other levels.
My computer; is it neccessary? Not really. Have I become dependent on it? Yes. Would I give it up? I sure wish I don't ever have to.
Are there better things I could be doing with my time and money? You sure bet there is.

If I can struggle with materialism, and I actually acknowledge it, and am not being blinded by it, how many of us out there are not even realizing our growing dependencing on money and owning things?

A lot, I can tell you that right now.