>Are there any activities left that doesn’t function as a form of conspicuous consumption?
I would guess anything that doesn't involve exchanging money for an object or experience, in which the quality and/or duration of the object/experience increases with increased cost.
Some ideas off the top of my head:
- Volunteering your time locally in your community (soup kitchen, tutoring underprivileged kids, coaching youth sports, etc.)
- Building interpersonal relationships with new people
- Putting work in to maintain existing interpersonal relationships
- Meditation, mindfulness
- Building a tangible skill that takes intense study/practice over a time scale of multiple years to be considered an expert (craftsmanship, visual arts, martial arts, athletics, etc.)
I would guess anything that doesn't involve exchanging money for an object or experience, in which the quality and/or duration of the object/experience increases with increased cost.
Some ideas off the top of my head:
- Volunteering your time locally in your community (soup kitchen, tutoring underprivileged kids, coaching youth sports, etc.)
- Building interpersonal relationships with new people
- Putting work in to maintain existing interpersonal relationships
- Meditation, mindfulness
- Building a tangible skill that takes intense study/practice over a time scale of multiple years to be considered an expert (craftsmanship, visual arts, martial arts, athletics, etc.)