@Leefellerguy @breadandcircuses Some people don't enjoy resource allocation games. I don't comprehend those people, but for those on decent wages, a lifestyle *without consumerism* leaves many people (without special additional needs, like a medical condition) with a surplus to save after they meet their needs & nonconsumerist wants, so budgets matter much less, or not at all.

Absent consumerism, as long as the resource floor is met, increased spending seems inversely correlated with happiness.