- The world and environment - You conserve resources by reusing existing items instead of buying new ones.
- Worthy causes - Many thrift stores operate to benefit charitable organizations.
- Your creativity - An artistic or creative person, for example, may find inspiration or simply some ready crafting supplies just by having the eyes to see what is available in unexpected places.
- Your pocketbook - Items at thrift stores typically cost mere fractions of their original prices.
Showing posts with label consumerism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label consumerism. Show all posts
Friday, August 13, 2010
Simple & Thrifty Style
I am a great advocate of shopping at thrift stores. One can obtain all sorts of useful items for one's person and home. Thrift store shopping provides benefits in so many areas, such as:
Thursday, August 27, 2009
On Being a Poor Consumer
I came across a statement in a book on simplicity that caused me to stop, reread it, and then think about it.
David Wann was writing in reference to the idea of having enough.
Most, if not all, people I know have enough of every material possession they need. In fact, frankly, they usually have more than enough. Why is it that we, myself included, think we need more? More clothes, more shoes, more books, more dishes, more furniture, more cars, more toys. We have enough, really we do.
In fact, I often hear the comment, "I really need to declutter! I want my life to be simpler!" A simple life contains just the right number and kind of possessions to maintain that life. How do we determine what is 'enough' for a simple life and how do we go about attaining that balance? The basic answer is to get rid of what you don't use! If an item is not useful or beautiful, you don't love it, or if it has a sad memory attached to it, throw it away or give it away!
While I am not a hoarder or compulsive shopper, I do have clutter, quite a lot of clutter, around. It's time to delclutter and find out how little is enough. I think I like the idea of being a poor consumer.
"When people reach this stage of self-acceptance, they often make very poor consumers, because if they are enough they may not need or want more."
Simple Prosperity, Finding Real Wealth in a Sustainable LifestyleDavid Wann was writing in reference to the idea of having enough.
Most, if not all, people I know have enough of every material possession they need. In fact, frankly, they usually have more than enough. Why is it that we, myself included, think we need more? More clothes, more shoes, more books, more dishes, more furniture, more cars, more toys. We have enough, really we do.
In fact, I often hear the comment, "I really need to declutter! I want my life to be simpler!" A simple life contains just the right number and kind of possessions to maintain that life. How do we determine what is 'enough' for a simple life and how do we go about attaining that balance? The basic answer is to get rid of what you don't use! If an item is not useful or beautiful, you don't love it, or if it has a sad memory attached to it, throw it away or give it away!
While I am not a hoarder or compulsive shopper, I do have clutter, quite a lot of clutter, around. It's time to delclutter and find out how little is enough. I think I like the idea of being a poor consumer.
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