**"Working all your time away to afford to buy things we don't need to impress people we don't like".** Before 1999's "Fight Club" the book [[Your Money or Your Life]] talked about a recipe for burnout and unhappiness. > [!tldr] 🗣️ Working away all your time to afford to buy things we don't need to impress people we don't know or like. - A rough quote from Vicki Robin The quote, though, was popularized by Chuck Palahniuk via his character Tyler Durden: > [!tldr] 🗣️ We buy things we don't need, to impress people we don't like. - Tyler Durden **** # More ## Source - [[Your Money or Your Life]] - [Fight Club - Movie Quotes - Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fight_club/quotes/) ## Related - [[Enough is Hard to Recognize]]