Sentences with phrase «acquiring more stuff»

Well, we kept acquiring more stuff and needed someplace to store it.

So we base our lives around protecting our stuff, acquiring more stuff and protecting that stuff.

He emphasizes storing up treasures in heaven, but prior to doing so, He tells his audience to resist the temptation to acquire more stuff in this life.

It's almost sad to think of all the nice things she has that she never even uses simply due to the ever present need to acquire more stuff.

So why are you running around like a chicken with your head cut - off trying to acquire more stuff?

For a young family that has acquired more stuff, a policy with at least $ 50,000 in property coverage and $ 100,000 or more in liability protection is recommended.

Not exact matches

When reporting is minimized, more time can be spent acquiring links instead — the stuff that actually moves the needle.

I acquired more new stuff on this weight loss issue.

To better do more crafts, I ended up gathering all the craft stuff I've acquired over the years and put them in bins — crayons, markers, pipe cleaners, pom - poms, googley eyes, Play - Doh, various paints, glitter glue, glue, stickers, coloring books, activity books, sticker books, you name it — in the dining room.

They should look to challenge the free - market orthodoxies that led to the current crisis, and which leave people enslaved in an economy where materialism dictates ever longer hours worked in order that people can acquire more «stuff», even though it doesn't make them any happier.

«Spent» looks at why, when scientific research shows that more stuff doesn't lead to more happiness, humans are driven to endlessly acquire.

I had no interest in making tons of money or acquiring more assets, more things, more stuff.

We're constantly bombarded with images, special sales and can't - pass - up deals that make it easy to acquire more and more stuff.

It's good fun for the first hour; you blast around, usually reacting to the constant alert stream on the side of the screen which is directing you to comets, valuable minerals, space debris, battles, distress beacons and more from which you can acquire the resources needed to build new stuff.

In other words, someone who acquires a house that uses 80 % less energy than other houses suddenly has more disposable income, and is therefore likely to buy more stuff or go on more vacations.

Aside from kinetic energy there can be no other joules present at equilibrium, only the potential with altitude to have more when gravity does its stuff by causing something to move and acquire actual energy (thereby becoming capable of «doing work»).

In your perpetual hunt for happiness, are you driven to acquire ever more stuff?

«This not only saved us money, but it also meant we avoided falling into the trap of acquiring yet more stuff.»