Sounds like you already did. Just remember that the party has to stop sometime.
I wouldn't say that complaining on the internet counts as doing something. Doing something would be stuff like reconciling with people I've wronged and working on improving myself.
It's not like it's crucial to do those things, I could get by otherwise. It's just kind of disheartening knowing that it's not difficult stuff and I still won't do it.
If it were easy everybody would be doing it and everybody would be a better person. But it's not easy, it's probably one of the hardest things to do because it requires a great deal of self awareness and self control, all the while stumbling around trying to figure out what works and what doesn't.
@Salmon
I'd say it is up to the individual, you can choose to indulge in the excessive consumerist lifestyle, or you can choose not to. Most people pick the first because it's how the society works nowadays and it's just easier to go with the flow. If people didn't feel the need to buy a new phone every every companies wouldn't be working so hard to churn them out like they do.
Certain industries do need regulations, mostly because they're far removed from the final consumer so you can't impact them as much by changing your purchasing habits.
Also yeah roy, the tech is there, but the willingness to use it is not. Again, lack of proper thinking ahead, or the willingness to do so, because we keep telling ourselves that it'll sort itself out or that someone else will sort it out. We could've implemented relatively painless solutions and altered our lifestyle somewhat to completely prevent the issue, but that's too much of a hassle for us so we'll just let it get so bad that we need to go for drastic solutions because it's too late for a small fix.