Financial maturity... now there's a euphemism. You can also turn this around by stating that you have fallen for the marketing ploys which attempt to connect s

Financial maturity... now there's a euphemism. You can also turn this around by stating that you have fallen for the marketing ploys which attempt to connect subjective emotions - happiness, fulfilment, accomplishment - to consumption in general and the consumption of 'premium' products in particular whereas others look past such attempts at emotional bribery. Is that $8 Starbucks Frap worth the cost per use compared to four $2 drip coffees? Not if you've seen the Fnords [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fnord https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fnord