I’m so sorry – I owe you a Low Buy update for November AND December. I was deep down the rabbit hole of Ph.D./thesis work for the last few weeks and days of 2020, so I didn’t find the time and energy to write a proper blog post. My first draft is now finished (more [...]
Author: The Merry Loner
"Spare me the bullshit." :-)
Reading: “Sweet Forgiveness” by Lori Nelson Spielman
As I’ve already stated several times before, I’m a cover whore. Most often, this leads to interesting books I wouldn’t necessarily read. Sometimes, this leads to me discovering that the beautiful cover is indeed the only remarkable feature of a book. “Don’t judge a book by its cover” goes both ways I’m afraid. Unfortunately, Spielman’s [...]
Reading: “The Bookish Life of Nina Hill” by Abbi Waxman
Warning: This review contains spoilers, even though I try to not give away too much. Think of it as more than a blurb and less than a book report 🙂 I’m not one for the average chick lit, though I’m not even sure if The Bookish Life of Nina Hill actually IS chick lit. Sure, ‘chick lit’ [...]
Time is flying by – my October Low Buy Update
This year went by so fast … In January, I was worried about how giving up my psychological crutch – compulsive shopping – would turn out. Now, 10 months in, I'm pleasantly surprised how well it went. Granted, I had a few slip-ups, and not everything went according to plan, but overall I’m quite satisfied. [...]
Reading: “The Thursday Murder Club” by Richard Osman
I’m a cover whore – that’s the main reason I bought this book. I’m also always looking for an engaging cozy mystery, so one more reason to get myself this lovely little gem of a 'cozy'. Looking at the cover, you may understand why I noticed this book: a touch of vintage, the promise of [...]
Another belated Update – my Low Buy September
The last few weeks were definitely not good for blogging – I’m sorry. I had a lot going on and time is flying by. Besides, I felt a bit sick, spending my spare time napping and reading instead of doing something productive because I felt exhausted … But hey, it’s nearly mid-October and I’m finally [...]
A very belated Update: My Low Buy Summer 2020
Mea culpa! I neglected this lovely little corner of my world for much too long … Time flew by the last few weeks and things got complicated on the way. But let’s take it one by one. My Low Buy July July was a quiet month filled with preparations for our upcoming vacation. Apart from [...]
Gelesen: “Nachhaltig leben jetzt” von Mimi Sewalski
“Der beste Konsum ist der, der nicht stattfindet. Weil es aber unrealistisch ist, dass alle von heute auf morgen nichts mehr konsumieren, brauchen wir Lösungen. Die gute Nachricht: Es gibt so viele Möglichkeiten und Alternativen, ein nachhaltiger Lebensstil ist längst keine Einschränkung mehr. Es macht Spaß, die Lösungen auszuprobieren und grüne Marken und Ideen zu [...]
Six months of low buy – what I learned so far
Shopping seems so ingrained in our psyche that it seems totally normal to ask myself what six months of shopping ban and low buy have taught me. Which in itself is ridiculous since shopping as some sort of hobby is anything but 'normal', let alone ingrained in the human psyche. Competition – yes. The urge [...]
6 Monate “Ich kauf (fast) nichts” – eine Zwischenbilanz
Mein erstes Halbjahr im Low Buy Modus ist geschafft und ich dachte, es wäre nicht schlecht, mal ein wenig zu reflektieren und zu überlegen, was mir das ganze bis jetzt gebracht hat – außer ein hübscheres Sparkonto 🙂 Bewusster Konsum Die Intentionen hinter dem Plan, für eine gewisse Zeit nichts oder nur sehr wenig zu [...]
