The riverside sanitation workers thought of it

This photo was taken on the ribbon park path in Mohe, Qingdao. There are several river protection workers and sanitation workers in the picture, all over 50 years old. It was noon. Some of them are eating their own dry food, while others spread clothes or other things there and lie down to rest.

When I passed them, I saw that each of them was deeply marked with years on his face. However, their vicissitudes of life are filled with smiles and satisfaction.

In the past, I would have felt that they were suffering, and then I felt sorry for their background, hoping that I would be the savior and let them stop suffering like this.

But now I can't do it, not because I can't be the savior, but because I see their happiness from another angle-they all know how to be content.

After I came back, I made a special investigation. The average monthly salary of sanitation workers in Qingdao is 2200 yuan, which is slightly lower in suburban counties, about 1800. Such wages may not be enough for the white-collar elites, but for them, besides maintaining their families, the money can still be saved.

I asked a sanitation elder sister that she eats and drinks less than 400 yuan a month, while another sanitation elder brother spends more than 600 yuan a month because he wants to smoke.

But no matter how much they spend, most of them are satisfied with their present situation, so I see that the smile on their faces is heartfelt and sincere.

Earn more and spend more, earn less and spend less and earn less and spend less. This is the consumption concept of the older generation. But young people are not. The consumption concept of most young people is that I will spend whatever I earn, and I want happy flowers. I have to have what others have, and I have to have what others don't. If you have money, you have to spend it; if you have no money, you have to spend it.

Because of vanity and comparison, many young people live a miserable life, work for many years, can't save money, and still owe a lot of debts.

This society is becoming more and more complicated, and various marketing methods and promotional advertisements are flying all over the sky. There are more and more so-called shopping carnivals, double eleven, double twelve, 520, 6 18. Without festivals, businesses will create countless festivals for you.

Sometimes I don't even think about whether I need it. Anyway, I just want to buy it, and I will buy it if others buy it.

How many people buy a pair of shoes and wear them once and then stop wearing them? How many people have bought a bunch of clothes that they haven't worn for years?

There used to be a colleague who loved to collect all kinds of trinkets. As long as there is online promotion, as long as there is group buying and snapping up, she will generally start. After a long time, her drawer is full of all kinds of trinkets, brooches, headdresses, bracelets, pendants and so on. It is no exaggeration to say that she can open a jewelry store with her assistant. Since she bought these ornaments, most of them have not been worn. She just took one look and put them away.

This kind of behavior is obviously the deviation of consumption concept, and it is also related to one's dissatisfaction.

A lot of pain and anxiety are marketing, but you can't blame other people's enterprises. You should blame yourself for lack of concentration and basic self-awareness and judgment.

Without comparison, vanity, rational consumption and contentment, we can be happy.

Of course, if you are a very rich person, that is another matter.