Hello all- for those of you who do not know, today is buy nothing day! So many days in the year I buy something and I am assuming this is the same for you. So one day a year is Buy Nothing Day where the western world, as a collective, can bite back against consumerism!
We cannot completely fight consumerism, that is not realistic. We live in a world where we need to buy things to survive. It cannot be expected that we can just live in a forest with gnomes and fairies and be happy and healthy. But this day intends, I believe, to bring our awareness to the things that we do buy. Being selective in what we do buy instead of buying for the sake of buying.
Especially in the time of the Christmas season we buy things for people because we feel obligated. We don't always want to but we get something just so we have gotten them something. I am putting out there a challenge. Reflect on what you are buying and why. When did we start buying useless items that we don't even like or need? Probably around the time we wanted to have money- just for the sake of having money!!
Love and Respect!
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Hey guys- would love you to post, but please keep it respectful and "PG" style! Can't wait to see what you have to say!