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burendasan4) wrote2021-04-01 08:21 am
burendasan4) wrote2021-04-01 08:21 am
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No-buy April
Inspired by a post on Reddit, I want to do a "No-buy" April. That is, no spending money on anything that's unnecessary. I've read Cate Flander's book "The Year of Less" in which she goes through an entire year of not spending money on things that were not necessary.
I'm concerned over the amount of stuff I've been buying recently that I don't really need. I feel that I've been buying things out of boredom and out of fear. The "thrill of the hunt" and/or obsession over deciding if I should get something seems to bring excitement into my life. I'll often buy something because I fear that I won't be able to find the same thing again, or that there might come a time when I won't be able to afford it.
Anyway, I need to take a break. I think a month is a good amount of time. However, just as Cate Flanders did, I am making an "approved list" of things I *am* planning on buying.
1) Music bought during Bandcamp Friday, which is tomorrow (I think). There were a few albums I planned on buying. Hopefully there aren't any more that come up.
2) Photo developing
3) And of course, a birthday gift for my sister, who's birthday is in a little over a week
I should perhaps keep a list of things I get the urge to buy that are not on the approved list. Then at the end of the month, I can look back on the list and see if I still want to buy those things.
I know that pretty much nobody reads this, but writing this and posting it on to here creates some sort of accountability nonetheless!
I'm concerned over the amount of stuff I've been buying recently that I don't really need. I feel that I've been buying things out of boredom and out of fear. The "thrill of the hunt" and/or obsession over deciding if I should get something seems to bring excitement into my life. I'll often buy something because I fear that I won't be able to find the same thing again, or that there might come a time when I won't be able to afford it.
Anyway, I need to take a break. I think a month is a good amount of time. However, just as Cate Flanders did, I am making an "approved list" of things I *am* planning on buying.
1) Music bought during Bandcamp Friday, which is tomorrow (I think). There were a few albums I planned on buying. Hopefully there aren't any more that come up.
2) Photo developing
3) And of course, a birthday gift for my sister, who's birthday is in a little over a week
I should perhaps keep a list of things I get the urge to buy that are not on the approved list. Then at the end of the month, I can look back on the list and see if I still want to buy those things.
I know that pretty much nobody reads this, but writing this and posting it on to here creates some sort of accountability nonetheless!
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The closest things I've heard of would be Buy-Nothing Day in November (just befor Black Friday); in the same spirit, we have Earth Day April 22 (help save the planet by consuming less) and Earth Hour in late March. I guess we're all spending less time in shopping malls these days though sadly that often means shopping the big online behemoths at the expense of struggling local business. And our thrift shops generally will not accept unwanted in-kind donations during the pandemic.
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Yeah, I feel bad relying so much on online purchases and have tried to buy locally when I can.
It’s too bad thrift shops are not taking donations where you are. Fortunately ours still do but I have been lazy about taking my donations to Goodwill, lol.