| >Are there any activities left that doesn’t function as a form of conspicuous consumption? I would guess anything that doesn't involve exchanging money for an object or experience, in which the quality and/or duration of the object/experience increases with increased cost. Some ideas off the top of my head: - Volunteering your time locally in your community (soup kitchen, tutoring underprivileged kids, coaching youth sports, etc.) - Building interpersonal relationships with new people - Putting work in to maintain existing interpersonal relationships - Meditation, mindfulness - Building a tangible skill that takes intense study/practice over a time scale of multiple years to be considered an expert (craftsmanship, visual arts, martial arts, athletics, etc.) |
I believe this widely held view comes from people who have more money than time, so they value time more.