Will Nonfiction

I used the "can money buy you happiness" prompt (obviously) I'm 50 words short of 650, so I'd like to know what paerts I could elaborate on. The last part might also be quite confusing to read, if you have any suggestions for that. Can money buy you happiness? Well, sort of. In my experience, purchasing or receiving materialistic things only makes me happy given certain conditions. The best example of this is with my long interest in soccer cleats. For a long while now, I’ve been pretty obsessed with soccer cleats. This interest of mine started back around fifth grade. Previously, most kids had very cheap soccer shoes, as they were very young and they probably didn’t care either. However, that seemed to change quite abrupt once fifth grade hit, and I recall seeing that many of my teammates had colorful, cool-looking shoes. I became quite jealous, and asked my parents if they could get me a pair of my own. However, they refused, saying it was too expensi...

This is another response to the "objects that tell the story of your life" prompt. I think there's some wordiness or confusing stuff here, so if you have any specific examples or tips on how to fix it, that would be great. I also want to know what sentences/sections aren't particularly important- I'd like to add some more specific memories but I'm over the word count by a *lot* currently. Sometime back when I was around the age of  9 or 10, my family purchased a new vehicle. I remember opening the shades in my living room and seeing the new Ford pickup truck in its dull golden glory for the first time. I was very excited, especially since I knew what it was for. Today, this truck represents a large part of my childhood that I look on happily. A little before this happened, I recall seeing a bag of dirt on my dad's office room. Yeah, just a bag of dirt. Young me was completely confused, and even more confused when my dad heated up the dirt in the oven...