English Essay

MATERIALISM

   Materialism refers to a collection of personality traits. The contemporary world is full of people who possess materialistic trait. They have a belief that owning the right properties is the vital ingredients of happiness. These people think that success is judged by the things individual possesses.  More often the goal of gaining material wealth is regarded as empty and in result it prevents a person from being involved in a normal life. The consequences of pursuing materialistic lifestyle are the inability to reach the state of happiness in one’s life. In this essay, I will discuss how materialism has affected modern society’s way of life on an individual level.

  

    They say that money makes the world go round. And indeed it does as without money, life would be very difficult as in today’s society, nothing is free. The side effect however is that people are becoming more materialistic and more concerned with making money and what money can buy. But how much money is enough? Is it ever enough? To some, it will never be enough. In my opinion, I truly believe that this statement is true and that people are becoming more materialistic and greedy in nature. 

   First and foremost, each individual is affected by materialism to some extent in this day. This is because today's generation are geared towards making more and more money so that they can enjoy the carefree lifestyle that is so popular these days. Moreover, people now are striving to earn more income in order to afford things that are more expensive and branded. For example, people spend their hard earned money on material objects like genuine LV and Coach handbags, expensive gadgets like I phones and so on which in my opinion is a waste of money when regular goods may prove to be good enough. Therefore, while individuals become more focused on their pursuit of material wealth and improving their standard of living, they may forget that what matters most in life is quality time spent with family and friends and not the quantity of their material goods.

   Being materialism will also affect one’s health status. Due to materialism desire, they spend most of their time to chase for physical matter but never take good care of their body. In my opinion, I think we can prevent ourselves from being materialistic by being contented on whatever we have, learning how to appreciate things in life even the simple ones and follow the teachings of the bible and become moral. By doing this, I think we can prevent ourselves from being materialistic and we can focus to spend more quality time with our family and friends.

 

                    “Money is a great servant but a bad master.”
                 ― Francis Bacon