I know in a world where everyone is aiming to be like the other person and have what the other person has, it's hard telling someone to be contented but being contented with what we have now while we work tirelessly aiming for a good life later is the best discipline anyone can ever give themselves.
It takes a lot of self-control, I am aware of that but being happy and having satisfaction with the little we have and can afford at the time will save us from a world of hurt, disgrace, and shame from others.
Let's all learn to be satisfied with what you have and can afford, let's all learn to find happiness with those little things and stop worrying about what you don't have, can't have, and can not afford at the moment even though we want them because at the end of the day, we will be forced to go and get them on credit putting ourselves in so much debts and that means using our hands to harm ourselves because what if we can not pay off when the time comes?
I am have been in that shoe and currently in that shoe, so I know the work and pressure I am putting myself into, just to be able to pay up these debts, although they weren't used for unnecessary frivolity but I believe that I could have found my way around those if I had thought harder and better and maybe probably weighed the cons and pros involved.
Funny enough some of the things you crave are so unnecessary, they are just a want and not a need but because we want what our friends have, we start looking for ways to have them, and we go to the extent of becoming and fall into depression as a result of not having contentment.
Being connected does not mean we should not be motivated or encouraged to work hard but being contented means having satisfaction for and from the things we have and can afford now, while we work to get more and better.
I am where I am currently because I didn't learn contentment on time, but I hope and I am learning to do better now.