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OutdoorzExplorerz OP t1_j9bdafd wrote

Reply to comment by caroonth in A little “buy it for life” exercise I just did by OutdoorzExplorerz

That’s a good policy. I think I’ll adopt that. I think my biggest issue is buying a lot of stuff I don’t need, this leaving me with only one option (the cheapest one) when it comes time to buy something I really need. My house ends Ip looking like a college kid’s dorm because of that.

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caroonth t1_j9bimrs wrote

Consumerism pressure is real. I do think after you reach that point of seeing how much useless or cheap crap you own, you get really turned off by it all and hone in on what you really want and need. The last few years the air fryer has been trendy. Friends can't believe I don't have one. Family wants to buy me one as a gift. I don't want it, don't need it, and people don't understand that. I know in a few years that would be sitting on a shelf in storage and, like you, I'd be thinking about the money wasted anytime I see it. We're in a heavy consumer society.

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