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The more you buy... the more you feel that there is not enough.

The more you buy... the more you feel that there is not enough.

Was it ever?

📚 buy a new book, and the old book is not finished.

💄 buy a new color lip, even if every color is similar.

📝 bought a Planner book but hasn't started using it yet.

🎓 bought more courses but haven't opened yet.

Sometimes we don't buy it because it's "necessary."

But bought because

✨ saw someone else there.

✨ afraid of missing the pro

✨ thought this piece would make us better people.

Finally...

Of full room, but happiness does not last long.

What is scarier than the overconsumption of things is the overconsumption of knowledge.

Read a lot, listen a lot, study a lot

But little action.

Because we're so prepared that we forget to start.

Perhaps what changes our lives is not new, but the most valuable use of what we have. 💛

# Lemon 8TH # Develop yourself # Mindset # Overconsumption # Use money wisely# Minimalism # SelfImprovement # Productivity # Personal finance # Psychology # Healthmind # LifeLessons # KnowledgeCreator # KnowledgeCreator

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... Read moreหลายคนอาจจะเคยประสบกับความรู้สึกนี้เหมือนกันค่ะ คือยิ่งซื้อของหรือคอร์สเรียน พอสะสมมากขึ้นกลับยิ่งรู้สึกว่าไม่เพียงพอหรือยังขาดอะไรบางอย่างอยู่เสมอ ซึ่งสิ่งนี้เป็นตัวอย่างของ Overconsumption หรือการบริโภคที่มากเกินความจำเป็นจริงๆ จากประสบการณ์ของตัวเอง การเข้าใจวงจร Overconsumption ทำให้มองเห็นพฤติกรรมที่มักเกิดจากผลกระทบของ FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) หรือความกลัวที่จะพลาดโปรโมชัน หรือเทรนด์ใหม่ๆ ที่เข้ามาทางโซเชียลมีเดีย ทำให้เรารู้สึกต้องการซื้อของเพื่อสะสมโดยที่ไม่ได้ใช้งานจริง ๆ หรือยังไม่ได้เริ่มทำในสิ่งที่ซื้อมา เช่น คอร์สเรียน สมุด Planner หรืออุปกรณ์เครื่องเขียนหลายชิ้นที่วางอยู่เฉยๆ เต็มโต๊ะ การบริโภคที่เกินความจำเป็น ไม่ได้จำกัดแค่เฉพาะสิ่งของเพียงอย่างเดียว แต่ครอบคลุมไปถึงความรู้และข้อมูลที่เราได้รับมาอีกด้วย ซึ่งบางคนอ่านหนังสือหรือคอร์สเรียนจำนวนมาก แต่กลับมีเวลาลงมือทำจริงน้อยมาก จนอาจรู้สึกว่าไม่มีความก้าวหน้าในชีวิตเลย วิธีที่ช่วยให้เราหลุดจากวังวนนี้ คือการตั้งคำถามกับตัวเองก่อนจะซื้อหรือรับข้อมูลใหม่ๆ ว่า "สิ่งนี้จำเป็นจริงหรือ?" และ "จะสามารถใช้ประโยชน์จากมันได้จริงหรือไม่?" รวมถึงช่วยลดความรู้สึกอยากได้ของใหม่ที่มาเติมเต็มความสุขชั่วคราว โดยการใช้กฎ 30 วัน คือ รอเวลา 30 วันก่อนตัดสินใจซื้อ แล้วประเมินว่าความต้องการนั้นยังมีอยู่ไหม นอกจากนี้ การใช้หลัก "One In, One Out" ก็ช่วยรักษาความสมดุลของสิ่งของในบ้านได้ดี คือถ้าจะซื้อของใหม่มา 1 ชิ้น ก็ควรปล่อยของเก่าออกไป 1 ชิ้น เพื่อไม่ให้ของล้นจนรกเกินจำเป็น สุดท้าย อยากเน้นว่า ความสุขที่แท้จริงไม่ได้มาจากจำนวนของที่เรามี แต่เป็นจากการที่เราใช้สิ่งที่มีอยู่ให้เกิดประโยชน์สูงสุด และให้คุณค่า แทนที่จะตามหา ความสุขชั่วคราวจากสิ่งของใหม่ ๆ ลองเริ่มจากทำความเข้าใจตัวเอง และเปลี่ยน mindset จากการ "สะสม" เป็นการ "สร้างสรรค์และใช้" ที่จะช่วยให้ชีวิตมีความสุขและสมดุลมากขึ้นค่ะ

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GOOD NEWS FOR MY FELLOW LOW IRON GIRLS!!!📢📢📢 After my long research as an iron deficiency girl... I'll let y'all know about my recent discovery: turns out there's an easy and affordable way to fulfill our daily iron intake!! Before I was like: omg perhaps I'm doomed for life
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