As some may remember, I embarked on another Low/No Buy journey at the beginning of the year, with varied success. Going strong in January and parts of February, I fell back into old habits — buying a ton of books — in late February and early March, in part because of being stressed out about
Starting my Low Buy 2.0 on February 22, it may not exactly be halftime — my ADHD fuzzybrain has never been good with numbers and dates — but I thought it might be time to post a quick update on how my current low buy is going. As stated in my last post, the Covid-19
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
This year went by so fast… In January, I was worried about how giving up 'retail therapy' would turn out. Now, 10 months in, I'm pleasantly surprised by how well it went. Granted, I had a few slip-ups, and not everything went according to plan, but overall I’m quite satisfied. Not the least compared to
The last few weeks were definitely not good for blogging — I’m sorry. I had a lot going on and time was flying by. Besides, I felt sick, spending my spare time napping and reading instead of doing something productive because I felt exhausted a lot. But hey, it’s nearly mid-October and I’m finally coming
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
Shopping is 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 is ridiculous since shopping as some sort of hobby is anything but 'normal', let alone ingrained in the human psyche. Competition — yes. The urge to outdo
I had a busy week, so here comes my Low Buy June recap in early July. I officially made it through half a year of conscious consumption and thrifty spending — yay and hooray! 🙂 The main thing is that in this low buy challenge I've found my way back from wasting my precious time
[english version] Erst mal vorweg: das wird ein kurzes Update – denn es war ein sehr erfolgreicher Low-Buy-Mai, der beinahe zum No-Buy-Monat mutiert ist. Aber alles der Reihe nach. Der Wonnemonat Mai ist in meiner kleinen Welt vor allem ein Geburtstagsmonat. Der Held meines Herzens, mein Dad, meine Oma, eine meiner engsten Freundinnen und ein
(english version) Mein Low-Buy-April war insgesamt an sich recht unaufgeregt. Nachdem die erste Hälfte des Monats unter totalem und die andere Hälfte des Monats unter strengem Lockdown stattfand, waren die potentiellen Verlockungen überschaubar. Im praktischen Leben habe ich daher vor allem für Lebensmittel und Drogerieartikel Geld ausgegeben – aber nicht nur. Neben einem nur teilweise