Person A : "What did you do over the weekend? "
Person B: "I watched MasterChef, the chase and QI on demand. Then I went out for a drink and went to the cinema".
Person A: "The sounds great, What about you person c" ?
Person C: "I drew a pen sketch, I hate rushing it but I did it in 20 minutes, then while I was eating some sandwiches I used my free hand to write the text of my blog and added a scan of my pen sketch to the blog and posted it. Then I...."
Person A: "You have too much time on your hands".
Person C: "But I didn't spend much..".
Person A: "Life is short, why are you wasting time that Blog of yours"?
You see, Person C was trying to explain that the time he spends on his blog is small and it is a constructive hobby that cost him almost nothing and takes up almost no space. To person A, having a hobby is a waste of time. He has no problem with watching TV or sitting in the pub. Person A values the wrong things and interrupted person c when he tried to explain himself. Don't explain yourself. Just say I did bits and bobs. I just did a few bits and bobs. No one cares for the truth anyway.
If I was loaded (acquired wealth) I would buy a Nissan Leaf or a Tesla model C. People with half my wealth would be asking why I don't buy a BMW X5 or Audi A1. I would tell them I like the nissan leaf and I don't like to show off. No matter how wealthy I am, I wouldn't buy a luxury flashy car. I would be more interested in being able to play golf every other day than driving a car that looks flashy.
People value superficial things like entertainment and prestige and self image, Something has gone wrong. The other things have become useless and meaningless to them.
