What I’ve Learned About Want vs. Need by Shuxuan Chang

 What I’ve Learned About Want vs. Need

        After lunch, I was lying on my bed, looking at so many products around me and some packages on the floor that I hadn’t even opened yet.I was thinking what was wrong with me, why that time I didn't stop to buy them.

        I'm starting to remember the reasons that let me buy so many products. Enmm, some beauty products my friend and I made together . Some of my friends have it, but I don't. I bought those things because I didn’t want to fall behind or feel left out when my friends talked about them. Sometimes when I feel stressed or upset, I just want to buy something that makes me happy. I love the feeling of opening a package and seeing something new. Social media also affects me a lot. When I see famous people or influencers using certain products, I start wanting them too just to see if they really work.

        After realizing this, I started a new habit: putting things in my shopping cart for two days before buying them. and after that I see them again, that can make me not waste the products and also save my money. Maybe buying things makes me happy, but happiness won’t stay long. When I was cleaning my room, I started to regret it. But it does not mean all the purchases are wrong, it means don’t do something you’ll regret, even though we are still young, we can make a budget to help ourselves. Yesterday, I was done with my budget, because I realized money is not that easy to get. Right now, I still can’t fully tell the difference between wants and needs, but I think I’m starting to understand it more than before.