Every year, we celebrate Buy Nothing Day after Thanksgiving. That post has a ton of helpful links.
Remember that nature abhors a vacuum. If you just think "no spend" then you're creating a vacuum. That's hard to manage. Replace the "spend" with something else. Decide that you will use what you have -- cook from the pantry, upcycle a puppet from the socks in your ragbag, etc. -- or work on something that costs no money such as weeding the garden or birdwatching.
Think about why you want to reduce spending. Because you want to save for something else? Set a target. Because you find consumerism abhorrent? Meditate on that, and maybe plan on donating to a charity. Because you feel out of control? Mindfulness is a good accompaniment. Because you are not the target audience and that makes shopping suck? Learn to make things yourself to your own standards. Because you think capitalism is stupid and want to take a break from it? Explore alternatives like barter. And so on.
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Date: 3 Apr 2024 20:32 (UTC)Remember that nature abhors a vacuum. If you just think "no spend" then you're creating a vacuum. That's hard to manage. Replace the "spend" with something else. Decide that you will use what you have -- cook from the pantry, upcycle a puppet from the socks in your ragbag, etc. -- or work on something that costs no money such as weeding the garden or birdwatching.
Think about why you want to reduce spending. Because you want to save for something else? Set a target. Because you find consumerism abhorrent? Meditate on that, and maybe plan on donating to a charity. Because you feel out of control? Mindfulness is a good accompaniment. Because you are not the target audience and that makes shopping suck? Learn to make things yourself to your own standards. Because you think capitalism is stupid and want to take a break from it? Explore alternatives like barter. And so on.