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3 Steps to Becoming an Anti-Consumer

3 Steps to Becoming an Anti-Consumer

Have you found yourself looking critically at consumerist culture for the first time? Although anti-consumerism is countercultural, it isn’t uncommon. Proponents argue that breaking free from the purchasing hamster wheel ushers in financial freedom; it provides clarity around what’s *actually* important, too. On this episode of The Sustainable Minimalists podcast, tangible ways to navigate holidays and birthdays without gifts, what to say to less-than-supportive friends and family, and why it's important to be loud and proud when advocating for your life choices. 


COVID-19 has forced many of us to look critically at consumerist culture for perhaps the first time. If you don’t like what you see, you aren’t alone.

Although anti-consumerism is countercultural, it isn’t uncommon. Proponents argue that breaking free from the purchasing hamster wheel ushers in financial freedom; it provides clarity around what’s *actually* important, too.

My guest this week is Aleah Mohammed. Aleah had an ‘a-ha’ moment as she took out the trash; she committed herself to a no-new-purchases year shortly after.

Aleah has been documenting her successes and struggles and is on the show to divulge what it’s really like to be an anti-consumer.

 

Here’s a preview of today’s episode:

[16:30] How to navigate holidays and birthdays without gifts

[19:45] What to say to less-than-supportive friends and family (and how to say it)

[23:30] Why it’s important to be loud and proud when advocating for your life choices

 

Happy listening!

 

* Want more episodes like this one? Check out #049: The Why and How of a No-Spend Challenge.

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Have you found yourself looking critically at consumerist culture for the first time? Although anti-consumerism is countercultural, it isn’t uncommon. Proponents argue that breaking free from the purchasing hamster wheel ushers in financial freedom; it provides clarity around what’s *actually* important, too. On this episode of The Sustainable Minimalists podcast, tangible ways to navigate holidays and birthdays without gifts, what to say to less-than-supportive friends and family, and why it's important to be loud and proud when advocating for your life choices. 

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