Does this bring me joy?  A great question we can ask ourselves often.  But along with that question we should ask “ Does it help me fulfill a greater purpose in my life?” 

If you go to the store only to ask “does this bring me joy” the answer can be yes.  Without understanding your desire for stuff and addressing the root, you can find yourself falling back into filling your physical space to compensate for the emptiness you feel internally. A better question is “Does this help me fulfill a greater purpose in my life?”  Even if you are not sure what your greater purpose is you will be able to see quickly that whatever it is is not going toward a greater purpose.  Well heck, how can it? if you don’t know what your greater purpose is.  

Let the items in the store spark Joy but leave them in the cart or better yet on the shelf, It is safer there.  Once you overcome the pull of consumption, you will be free to pursue other passions.