I created this site a while back with the idea that I would reflect on not making unnecessary purchases but just haven’t found time to do much reflection.
At the moment, this is just for me. No one else knows the sub-domain, and unless some Googlefu magic finds it, I imagine it will stay private.
Today I’m 35 days in to the experiment. It’s hard. The holidays are almost here. I thought I’d just do November, but now I find myself just wanting to push this for as long as I can. I know that I’ll be sending out packages (so buying postage) but although this purchase isn’t “necessary,” there’s not really any other option for getting a parcel across the country. Either way, I don’t consider it breaking the Buy-Not rule.
I decided to couple this with the 30-day Minimalist Game. I started on December 1, and thus far am four for four. Somehow the filtering of thing feels right while I’m not buying things.
Stepping back from purchasing, I find I notice a lot more ads and I swear they’re increasing relative to my lack of spending. And damn. There are a lot of things to buy. And double damn, I find I can make almost all of them myself.
I seem to be consistently thinking about recycling and making and the whole Precious Plastic system.