#materialpossession

Sense of Self: Prestige and Luxury

“A person’s worth nowadays seems to be judged according to social status and material possessions.”

Old-fashioned values, such as honor, kindness and trust, no longer seem important. Have you notice that?

I have felt that in the present society wherein consumption has been the main organizing element, some people feel that social status and material possessions are the best parameters to judge the people's value. People who have luxurious cars, expensive outfits, big houses, high profile at work or in society, are more worthy than the people who are kind, trustworthy and honest. I believe this trend is going up and though it is not the right way to judge the people.

Firstly, in today's world, people are having more stress and long working hours compared to the previous generation.  Everybody wants to be rich and live luxurious life because this give them a high status in society and respect from people. People believe what they see and that makes the show off trend more in demand. For example, if a person drives an expensive car on the road and pass by you while you are walking on the footpath, by seeing him, it definitely gives his rich impression. Same as by seeing big villas or houses, it obviously convince us to think that people living in these houses are more valuable.

Secondly, people who are in high profile also makes us believe that they are more important. Their outfits, their job status, their public appearance also shadow their worthiness. 

Prestige

“The best things in life are free”

The most expensive thing that I have bought so far is a watch from a Swiss Luxury brand called Tissot. I love watches so much! In fact I own a lot of watch from different bands, ranging from Rado, Guess, Swatch, Pierre Cardin, G-shock, Swiss Military, Fossil and Uni-Silver. My everyday watch is from Guess and Uni-Silver, the rest I would wear it for an occasion or a special event. 

Reasons why I chose the watch from Tissot

Going back, the reasons that I chose Tissot, is not because of the brand but because of its marvelous designs, yes Tissot is one of the most prestigious brand for luxury watches and it is also one of the Swiss luxury watch maker that provides some of the best designing watches for both men and women. All the watches from Tissot look so refreshing, transparent, and has astonishing specs. It can be called one of the sophisticated and classic beauty wearing watches and I really love its intricate design.

Am I satisfied with that expensive possession?

Yes, the fact that I save money to buy this tissot watch and my parents lend me some of their money to buy it for my birthday is more than enough for me to be satisfied and for them that watch is their gift. (my parents helped me because the money I saved is not enough to buy this watch because its too expensive and for them they consider it as a gift)

Do you still consider buying another one when a new model comes out in the market?

I guess when a new model from Tissot comes out in the market, I will not buy another one. Why? Because It so expensive! (It will cost me an arm and a leg if I bought again) and I already have one and I’m contended by it. And the watch that I have is more special, since it is a gift from the two most important people in the world for me and I save money to buy this with the help of my parents so I don’t need a new model.

But what if it is not a gift? Will I buy another one? Again, gift or not a gift. I already have one, and that reason alone is enough, so I will not buy a new model, lets be practical.

Yes I love watches so much! But I always hold on to this though that no matter how good and expensive the products you possess right now, it’s most likely that they will soon become obsolete, with newer, upgraded versions of them always coming out in the market. (And besides I already have a Tissot, so no need for me to buy a new model from the same brand. Next time I’ll buy in another brand! nahhhhh I’m just joking!)