I used to be one of those city people who keep buying things, but now I enjoy finding craftsmen to make things together.
Not only does it slow down the whole "buying" process, but also I can see with my eyes how things are being made from scratch. But the most important part is I really need to *think* about what I want because the last thing you want is to make something useless and ended up wasting so much time and money.
But then why do so many people still work in a job they hate and buy useless things so to impress people they do not even like?