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Materialism and wellbeing

The pursuit of possessions as a primary life goal correlates reliably with lower wellbeing, higher anxiety, and weaker relationships, suggesting that materialism crowds out what actually sustains humans. The trap isn't owning things but treating acquisition as the solution to emptiness, which guarantees you'll always need more because the real problem was never external.

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