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5 Tricks to Help You Buy Less Stuff

5 Tricks to Help You Buy Less Stuff

If you often make impulse purchases you end up regretting later, you can thank The Itch.The Itch is that feeling that blinds our better judgement when we see an item we really, really want. The Itch is cunning: It goads us into throwing caution to the wind and buying whatever the fancy item may be. But buying hurts our wallets; the planet takes a hit, too. On this week’s episode of The Sustainable Minimalists podcast: 5 smart strategies to halt impulse purchases and buy less stuff.


5 Tricks to Help You Buy Less Stuff

 

If you often make impulse purchases you end up regretting later, you can thank The Itch.

The Itch is that feeling that blinds our better judgement when we see an item we really, really want. The Itch is cunning: It goads us into throwing caution to the wind and buying whatever the fancy item may be.

Despite all we know about conscious consumerism, it’s natural for you and me to experience The Itch when we spy goods that are new, shiny, and attractive.

But buying hurts our wallets; the planet takes a hit, too.

The answer is not to buy now and worry about the consequences later. The answer is to buy less.

On this week’s episode I offer 5 smart strategies to halt impulse purchases and buy less stuff.

Enjoy!

 

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3 thoughts on “5 Tricks to Help You Buy Less Stuff

    1. Hey Stephanie, I liked your point about thinking of the boots price into hours needed to work to pay for them, but I have something to add to it that makes it even more convincing to leave them unpurchased.

      These boots would actually cost you 18.66 hours of work to pay for them!! If you make $15/hr, you actually only make $12/hr after taxes (assuming 20% taxation.) $224÷12=18.66

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