Why do I still covet my consumerist ways?

[jeffrey]

I don't have stone countertops in my kitchen. I have Formica.

In wishing my home were more of a showcase, I expend mental energy dreaming about the beautiful matt-finished raven-black granite I would get if I ever had a spare $5,000.

Yet, I don't need new countertops. My Formica ones are quite serviceable and reasonably aesthetic. Moreover, they haven't been quarried out of the earth in a damaging way.

My rational mind knows all of that. So why do I still covet stone on my counters?

Opinion: Between a rock and a countertop