The unboxing high is gone before the cardboard hits the recycling. The stuff that lasts didn’t come in a box.

New things pay out fast and then stop. The peak sits around the opening, and within a few days the object has joined the background of your life, which is why the next purchase is already under consideration. None of that is a moral failing, it is how novelty works. What lasts tends to come from people and effort, not deliveries.

Before the next thing you buy, ask how long you expect to be glad about it. Then look at what made the last good month good: probably a person, a trip, or something you made. Spend on that where you can, and let the parcel be what it is.