Keeping up with the Joneses

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Keeping up with the Joneses

• Social phenomenon 1-2
  • 1.Not satisfied with what you have now.
    • Where did this sense of noot being enough come from?
  • 2.Keeping up with the Joneses.
    • From the cartoon strip of the same name.
    • "Pop" Momand poked fun at our need to do things in order to impress others.
  • 3.Seek fame and gain.
    • Trying to keep up with the Kardashians.
• Analysis of cause 3-6
  • The shift from being busy making a living to consumerism.
    • 1.The birth of mass media makes us feel like we're not good enough.
    • 2.And the products advertised provide us with solutions.
    • 3.The invasion of cultural information strongly stimulates people to consume.
• Solution 7-10
  • 1.There are a number of anti-Joneses movements popping up.
  • 2.Media and websites advocate self-respect and self-acceptance.
    • Websites like Operation Beautiful, Body Heart, and Superhero Life.
  • 3.The author proposes
    • Stop comparing yourself to others.
    • Stuff will never make you happy.
    • Learn to be happy with what you have and not follow the trend blindly.
    • Contentment comes from within.
    • Happiness consists in contentment.