Comments on: Consumption leads to more consumption http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/10/consumption-leads-to-more-consumption.html Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:43:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Boat Sales http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/10/consumption-leads-to-more-consumption.html/comment-page-1#comment-28529 Boat Sales Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:46:31 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2008/10/consumption-leads-to-more-consumption.html#comment-28529 <strong>really agreed with what they were saying and thought I would share it with you all...</strong> was surprised by this so thought I would share it with my readers... really agreed with what they were saying and thought I would share it with you all…

was surprised by this so thought I would share it with my readers…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/10/consumption-leads-to-more-consumption.html/comment-page-1#comment-9203 Anonymous Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:26:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2008/10/consumption-leads-to-more-consumption.html#comment-9203 This made me think, feel and act:<br/><br/>http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php?id=7<br/><br/>For me, it was seeing 'what I do' in light of 'what everyone one does' - and those who have nothing ...<br/><br/>Consumerism is liberty by choice in variety; Christianity is choices: life in Christ and to others before ourselves. This made me think, feel and act:

http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php?id=7

For me, it was seeing ‘what I do’ in light of ‘what everyone one does’ – and those who have nothing …

Consumerism is liberty by choice in variety; Christianity is choices: life in Christ and to others before ourselves.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/10/consumption-leads-to-more-consumption.html/comment-page-1#comment-9202 Anonymous Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:18:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2008/10/consumption-leads-to-more-consumption.html#comment-9202 On consuming consumption ...<br/><br/>Lisa Jardine, Worldly Goods.<br/>Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime<br/>Juliet Schor, The Overspent American.<br/>James Twitchell, Lead Us Into Temptation.<br/>Susan Strasser, ed, Getting and Spending: American and European Consumer Society in the Twentieth Century.<br/>Gary Cross, An All-Consuming Century.<br/>Carolyn Wyman, Spam: A Biography.<br/>Stephen Nissenbaum, The Battle for Christmas.<br/>Stewart Lee Allen, The Devil's Cup: Coffee, The Driving Force in History.<br/>John Freyer, All My Life For Sale On consuming consumption …

Lisa Jardine, Worldly Goods.
Richard Klein, Cigarettes Are Sublime
Juliet Schor, The Overspent American.
James Twitchell, Lead Us Into Temptation.
Susan Strasser, ed, Getting and Spending: American and European Consumer Society in the Twentieth Century.
Gary Cross, An All-Consuming Century.
Carolyn Wyman, Spam: A Biography.
Stephen Nissenbaum, The Battle for Christmas.
Stewart Lee Allen, The Devil’s Cup: Coffee, The Driving Force in History.
John Freyer, All My Life For Sale

]]> By: Sandy http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/10/consumption-leads-to-more-consumption.html/comment-page-1#comment-9169 Sandy Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:38:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2008/10/consumption-leads-to-more-consumption.html#comment-9169 Thanks so much for the information on the movie! It was shown on EWTN early Saturday morning and I taped it on our DVR and watched it last night and wrote about it here today.<br/><br/>http://maplegrove.blogspot.com/2008/11/sound-of-silence.html Thanks so much for the information on the movie! It was shown on EWTN early Saturday morning and I taped it on our DVR and watched it last night and wrote about it here today.

http://maplegrove.blogspot.com/2008/11/sound-of-silence.html

]]> By: Tami Boesiger http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/10/consumption-leads-to-more-consumption.html/comment-page-1#comment-9121 Tami Boesiger Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:49:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2008/10/consumption-leads-to-more-consumption.html#comment-9121 Very interesting post, Jennifer. We Americans believe some of our purchases make our lives easier, yet how much extra attention does it require? Hmmm...you got my wheels spinning. Very interesting post, Jennifer. We Americans believe some of our purchases make our lives easier, yet how much extra attention does it require? Hmmm…you got my wheels spinning.

]]> By: Jess http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/10/consumption-leads-to-more-consumption.html/comment-page-1#comment-9117 Jess Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:39:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2008/10/consumption-leads-to-more-consumption.html#comment-9117 I got Into Great Silence from my library a few months ago and had very low expectations. It was amazing, very soothing to watch and I loved that there was no voice over or music to ruin the ambiance of monastery life. I got Into Great Silence from my library a few months ago and had very low expectations. It was amazing, very soothing to watch and I loved that there was no voice over or music to ruin the ambiance of monastery life.

]]> By: Michelle http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/10/consumption-leads-to-more-consumption.html/comment-page-1#comment-9108 Michelle Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:08:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2008/10/consumption-leads-to-more-consumption.html#comment-9108 I've been mulling over your post. Something that sort of jumped out at me when I read your post was actually about baby showers. I don't know how related the two are but that's just what popped in my head. Since I found out I was expecting my second child, I was planning to recycle as much as I can from my son. Obviously the new baby being a girl means she's going to be getting a new little wardrobe (but I even managed to go through his clothes and pick out a bunch of things that she will be able to wear also). One of the things I've noticed with my friends and relatives is that they get all new stuff with every baby. I've been told it's nice to get new stuff and I think it is too. I have a hard time feeling like I should go out and get a new diaper genie when the one I have works. So I'm focusing on the new being stuff like some new clothes, pacifiers, and bottle nipples. I have to admit my friends had me convinced I was both cheap and crazy. I was beginning to think my plan to use what ever I have that can be used again was going to scar my baby for life or something (that's the way people were acting about it). Even my sister, who is also expecting, had a whole baby registry of things that I know she already owns (and she doesn't have room for the stuff she already has). Fifty years ago having a baby shower for each child (after the first) was not very common. These days it's expected and I'm not sure why. It just seems very wasteful to me (I'm not planning to have one as of right now). Especially now when people are looking for ways to cut back and save money. But really in thinking about my own space and storage issues and in just wanting to make things simple, I have to really thank you for your post. It has really reinforced to me that I am doing the right thing. Thanks. I’ve been mulling over your post. Something that sort of jumped out at me when I read your post was actually about baby showers. I don’t know how related the two are but that’s just what popped in my head. Since I found out I was expecting my second child, I was planning to recycle as much as I can from my son. Obviously the new baby being a girl means she’s going to be getting a new little wardrobe (but I even managed to go through his clothes and pick out a bunch of things that she will be able to wear also). One of the things I’ve noticed with my friends and relatives is that they get all new stuff with every baby. I’ve been told it’s nice to get new stuff and I think it is too. I have a hard time feeling like I should go out and get a new diaper genie when the one I have works. So I’m focusing on the new being stuff like some new clothes, pacifiers, and bottle nipples. I have to admit my friends had me convinced I was both cheap and crazy. I was beginning to think my plan to use what ever I have that can be used again was going to scar my baby for life or something (that’s the way people were acting about it). Even my sister, who is also expecting, had a whole baby registry of things that I know she already owns (and she doesn’t have room for the stuff she already has). Fifty years ago having a baby shower for each child (after the first) was not very common. These days it’s expected and I’m not sure why. It just seems very wasteful to me (I’m not planning to have one as of right now). Especially now when people are looking for ways to cut back and save money. But really in thinking about my own space and storage issues and in just wanting to make things simple, I have to really thank you for your post. It has really reinforced to me that I am doing the right thing. Thanks.

]]> By: Melanie B http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/10/consumption-leads-to-more-consumption.html/comment-page-1#comment-9104 Melanie B Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:59:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2008/10/consumption-leads-to-more-consumption.html#comment-9104 A timely post for me as I'm currently packing and moving everything we own. We have too much stuff. And yet I have such a hard time getting rid of any of it. <br/><br/>Our move will also make me much more aware of our consumption in another way. We're going to have to buy each and every trash bag we put out at the curb from the town. At a hefty price per bag. We're going to be analyzing everything we throw away to see whether it can be recycled.<br/><br/>While packing the other day I found the copy of Into Great Silence that we received for Christmas. Still unopened and unwatched I think I can count the movies I've watched . since having babies on one hand. But I do want to watch this one. And you've convinced me it will help on my quest to reduce my attachment to stuff. A timely post for me as I’m currently packing and moving everything we own. We have too much stuff. And yet I have such a hard time getting rid of any of it.

Our move will also make me much more aware of our consumption in another way. We’re going to have to buy each and every trash bag we put out at the curb from the town. At a hefty price per bag. We’re going to be analyzing everything we throw away to see whether it can be recycled.

While packing the other day I found the copy of Into Great Silence that we received for Christmas. Still unopened and unwatched I think I can count the movies I’ve watched . since having babies on one hand. But I do want to watch this one. And you’ve convinced me it will help on my quest to reduce my attachment to stuff.

]]> By: Beth_nc http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/10/consumption-leads-to-more-consumption.html/comment-page-1#comment-9096 Beth_nc Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:23:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2008/10/consumption-leads-to-more-consumption.html#comment-9096 Your posts of the past two days have led me to think more about the concepts of stewardship and gratefulness. Consuming too much prevents us from being grateful. We can stop and savor something special -- but having excess makes us take those items for granted. <br/><br/>In addition to the movie about the monks and the book "Your money or your life" mentioned in a comment, <br/>I'd recommend gratefulness.org Your posts of the past two days have led me to think more about the concepts of stewardship and gratefulness. Consuming too much prevents us from being grateful. We can stop and savor something special — but having excess makes us take those items for granted.

In addition to the movie about the monks and the book “Your money or your life” mentioned in a comment,
I’d recommend gratefulness.org

]]> By: Maria http://www.conversiondiary.com/2008/10/consumption-leads-to-more-consumption.html/comment-page-1#comment-9095 Maria Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:17:00 +0000 http://gator1217.hostgator.com/~fulwiler/2008/10/consumption-leads-to-more-consumption.html#comment-9095 If you haven't read it yet, I highly, highly reccommend Fr. Thomas Dubay's "Happy are You Poor." It really changed the way I view my lifestyle, my finances, my stuff, and most importantly, my faith. Seriously it is the most spiritually challenging book I've ever read. Here's a taste, a little examen from the book:<br/><br/>1.By what standards do I determine what is necessary? <br/><br/>2.Do I collect unneeded things? Do I hoard possessions? <br/><br/>3.May I, on Gospel principles, buy clothes at the dictates of fashion designers in Paris and New York? Am I slave to fashion? Do I live in other peoples’ minds? Why really do I have all the clothes I have: shirts, blouses, suits, dresses, shoes, gloves? <br/><br/>4. Am I an inveterate nibbler? Do I eat because I am bored? Do the weight charts convict me of superfluity in eating and drinking? Do I take second helpings simply for the pleasure they afford? <br/><br/>5. Do I keep unneeded books and papers and periodicals and notes? <br/>Do I retain two or three identical items (clocks, watches, scarves) of which I really need only one? <br/>Do I spend money on trinkets and unnecessary conveniences? <br/><br/>6.In the winter, do we keep our thermostat, at a setting higher than health experts advise: 68 degrees? <br/><br/>7. When I think of my needs, do I also think of the far more drastic needs of the teeming millions in the third world? <br/><br/>8. Do I need the traveling I do more than the poor need food and clothing and medical care? <br/><br/>9.Am I right in contributing to the billions of dollars spent each year on cosmetics? How much of this can be called necessary? <br/><br/>10. Is smoking necessary for me? <br/><br/>11. Is drinking necessary for me? <br/><br/>12. Do I need to examine exactly what I mean by saying to myself, “I need this”? <br/><br/>13. Can I honestly say that all I use or possess is used or possessed for the glory of God (1 Cor 10:31)? Would he be given more glory by some other use? <br/><br/>14.Do I in the pauline sense “mind the things above, not those on earth” (Col 3:1-2)? If you haven’t read it yet, I highly, highly reccommend Fr. Thomas Dubay’s “Happy are You Poor.” It really changed the way I view my lifestyle, my finances, my stuff, and most importantly, my faith. Seriously it is the most spiritually challenging book I’ve ever read. Here’s a taste, a little examen from the book:

1.By what standards do I determine what is necessary?

2.Do I collect unneeded things? Do I hoard possessions?

3.May I, on Gospel principles, buy clothes at the dictates of fashion designers in Paris and New York? Am I slave to fashion? Do I live in other peoples’ minds? Why really do I have all the clothes I have: shirts, blouses, suits, dresses, shoes, gloves?

4. Am I an inveterate nibbler? Do I eat because I am bored? Do the weight charts convict me of superfluity in eating and drinking? Do I take second helpings simply for the pleasure they afford?

5. Do I keep unneeded books and papers and periodicals and notes?
Do I retain two or three identical items (clocks, watches, scarves) of which I really need only one?
Do I spend money on trinkets and unnecessary conveniences?

6.In the winter, do we keep our thermostat, at a setting higher than health experts advise: 68 degrees?

7. When I think of my needs, do I also think of the far more drastic needs of the teeming millions in the third world?

8. Do I need the traveling I do more than the poor need food and clothing and medical care?

9.Am I right in contributing to the billions of dollars spent each year on cosmetics? How much of this can be called necessary?

10. Is smoking necessary for me?

11. Is drinking necessary for me?

12. Do I need to examine exactly what I mean by saying to myself, “I need this”?

13. Can I honestly say that all I use or possess is used or possessed for the glory of God (1 Cor 10:31)? Would he be given more glory by some other use?

14.Do I in the pauline sense “mind the things above, not those on earth” (Col 3:1-2)?

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