Things in excess becomes their opposite.
Heads of states given too much freedom becomes dictatorships
Money becomes golden handcuffs
(Tim Ferris show #41, Rolf Potts)
This phenomenon is called enantiodromia, the tendency of things to change into their opposites, especially as a supposed governing principle of natural cycles and of psychological development.
“the remorseless enantiodromia between good luck and bad”. From the Greek meaning ‘running in opposite ways’. Cute.
tldr; Maintain a mindful relationship with stuff, time and energy. Conspicuous consumption is A Thing.