10 Reasons Why You Should Not Be Materialistic

2. You generally become unhappy

The happiest people on earth know that happiness is never a result of being materialistic. We all live to uplift each other and it doesn’t hurt to light someone’s candle. In fact, what hurts is putting off their candle. By being materialistic, you shut someone’s candle sometimes shutting their dreams. You can never be happy by hurting others. Many researches have been conducted about materialistic people and the results are in agreement that materialistic people are generally unhappy in life. Such people have a tendency of experiencing less positive emotions but more negative ones. The more you pursue material gain, the less you experience a happy life.