Response: Kyle Chayka, “The Empty Promises”. Literature & Language Essay

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Response: Kyle Chayka, “The Empty Promises”
In the article “The Empty Promises,” the Chayka Kyle focuses on minimalism tendency; the practice of contentment with fewer essential items that spark joy rather than an impulse to accumulate more things with no use. Minimalism involves getting rid of cluttered items in the house and also doing away with considered extravagant behaviors in one's life. Kyle Chayka tries to ask of minimalism can make people happier. The author starts by narrating how the childhood of Sonrisa Andersen’s was a mess. She narrates how her parents separated when she was 8 years old and migrated to Colorado with her mother.
At first, the author seems to praise the change in lifestyle as it allows an individual to focus on inner fulfillment and pursuit of their dreams (Pp.11). The total lifestyle change makes people identify the worth of each item in their life vis-à-vis their use, functionality, and possible duplication. Suggestions are made on optional commodities to serve the same purpose by making a purchase, which is less costly but efficient. Chayka asserts that cutting down on budget satisfies as it allows individuals to get out of debts and increase their savings. In the article, the author asserts that unhappiness is normally caused by society because it is the society that will tell a person to acquire more. Today, a lot of advertisements will advise an individual to dislike what one had already attained.
Despite individuals' consciousness of their expenditures, they end up with a lot a...