• I want to spend money to validate my own self-worth.
  • I imagine owning certain things to fulfil a fantasy. Specifically I fancy a Staffordshire Pottery Brown Betty teapot to fully savour a cup of tea.
  • Situations have to be “just right” in order for any particular effort to succeed.
  • I “need” my Smartphone to stay connected to the “world”, i.e. the culture in which I live.
  • I couldn’t possibly be enslaved to the surrounding and omnipresent technology.
  • This technology is omnipotent because I surrender my power and freedom to it.
  • The gains of modern technology validate the loss of freedom to it.
  • Why am I making this list at 2:00 AM?