i really like what you said about identifying ourselves as citizens over consumers. When my friends talked about tips for doing no-buys, it felt like we were coming up with a lot of bandaid fixes to “improve ourselves” when the real question was.. why do we feel the need to buy so much anyways? your talk about community involvement & improvement is much more aligned with how I feel about it!
I’m glad you resonated! That’s a good point about why do we feel the need to buy so much? And I thjnk if we interrogate that so much of it probably comes back to an individualistic mindset that’s so commonplace in this country
I am definitely in a low buy year; with clothing, it might be more of a no buy year. I am quite happy with my wardrobe at this point and don’t feel the need to add anything new. I dropped my Rent the Runway subscription. I use Thredup for “new” purchases but have not had any in a few months.
i really like what you said about identifying ourselves as citizens over consumers. When my friends talked about tips for doing no-buys, it felt like we were coming up with a lot of bandaid fixes to “improve ourselves” when the real question was.. why do we feel the need to buy so much anyways? your talk about community involvement & improvement is much more aligned with how I feel about it!
I’m glad you resonated! That’s a good point about why do we feel the need to buy so much? And I thjnk if we interrogate that so much of it probably comes back to an individualistic mindset that’s so commonplace in this country
I am definitely in a low buy year; with clothing, it might be more of a no buy year. I am quite happy with my wardrobe at this point and don’t feel the need to add anything new. I dropped my Rent the Runway subscription. I use Thredup for “new” purchases but have not had any in a few months.