So I found this article on this blog called Life Evolver which talks about how social programming bribes us into believing that we need certain things to be happy.

From the article:

Do you constantly delay gratification to the future? Are you always looking to others for approval, and setting external goals? If so, your social programming is being used against you:
Ways Your Social Programming Can Be Used Against You

Money- “I want to be rich”

* Falsely believing that you will be happy when you make more money
* Becoming a workaholic to make more money

Status- “I want to be popular”

* Falsely believing that “once I obtain status, people will like and respect me”
* Trying to “keep up with the Joneses”
* Becoming popular with lots of people, but not building close relationships with individuals

Approval- “I want to be liked”

* Working at a job you hate to pay for your family’s high consumption
* Pursuing a career path that Mom or Dad told you to go after
* Not speaking up at work when you have a good idea, for fear of getting shot down

Power- “I want to dominate”

* Using others only as a means to achieve your goals
* Trying to one-up others, dominate conversations
* Pinpoint other people’s weaknesses and failures

I don’t want to be rich. I wouldn’t turn it down but I don’t force my self to do things to get more shit that I don’t need. I do what makes me happy. I am happy living a frugal life. More things = more stress.
I would be fine with a computer and a bike. I don’t need a lot of things people think that they need such as nicer homes, fancy new cars, tons of money, or worse yet… someone who has tons of money so they don’t need to do anything to get the money on their own.

Fuck I forgot what I was going to do with this so yeah. In conclusion, I’m a simple person.