Working in advertising sounds like fun to many people — most of whom have no idea what it's actually all about. I've worked in the industry for 15 years, nearly 5 in a successful agency. (Copy)Writing, proofreading, editing — been there, done that. Time for a reality check (sort of). It's not that bad, I
The beginning is the most important part of the work. — Plato As an avid reader, I am obviously also an avid book buyer. Rest assured that I will NEVER leave a bookstore without finding at least one little gem in its midst. And while Wonderguy and my bookish friends not only understand but often
For a lack of creativity, this headline at least gets straight to the point… How was my first NO BUY month in 2022? Well… it went GREAT! At the end of the month, I still had a decent amount of money left! Alas, this will not go into my savings account (for now) but pay
I've already written about life after Low Buy, so we know by now that it didn’t always work out as I wanted it to. Though I spent more money than I hoped I would, I mostly stuck to my wishlist and didn’t escalate. However, there is room for improvement. Now being early July, the first
Let's start with a short summary: In 2020, I decided to do a Low Buy Year, setting up some rules and at the same time providing my inner shopaholic with some loopholes — like a €50 book-buying budget. Although I failed a few times and wasn't always satisfied with my efforts, overall I enjoyed my
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. Let’s just say that this Low Buy Summer did not go as planned. My Low Buy July July was a quiet month filled with preparations for
It’s quarantine day 7 today. I’ve been working from home since Tuesday, this will last until April 13, at least. I’m used to working from home and prefer it to most other ways of work (like office life), so this is not a problem for me. If I need something, I can call my co-workers
As I stated in my last post regarding my February low buy update, I bought a Traveler’s Notebook Japan to use as my new main Bullet Journal and Notebook system. There are two main reasons. For one, it’s a question of size and format. While I love my Dingbats Bullet Journal regarding paper quality, design,
On Friday the first month of my low buy year ended and it’s time to look back at these 31 days of NOT shopping. How was my Low Buy January? How does it feel? How am I? Could you do it too? It was great. It feels great. I’m doing great. Yes, you can (if
Before deciding to start my Low Buy 2020 Challenge I went on YouTube and watched videos by Hannah Louise Poston about her No Buy, Christina Mychas (formerly "style apotheca") about her Low Buy, Signe from useless_dk — who created the hashtag #2020wehaveplenty —, and Hailey Evans 2019 No Buy, amongst others, for inspiration and to