As you may know by now, I'm a fan of grand gestures — at least when I have to start something new that might not be that easy for me. Back in early July, I wrote about wanting to start another Low Buy because I hadn’t reached my savings goal yet. Spoiler: Several months later
I’ve written about my interest in minimalism because of my ADHD and also during my Low Buy Year, when I worked on my obsession with retail therapy. What started with an inspiring (German) book — Einfach Leben by Lina Jachmann — roughly three years ago grew to become an approach to life, at least in
“I was suddenly worried about losing Bea. Terrified that this was the start of the downhill slope. The downhill slope to adulthood and suburbia and staying on the sofa 24/7. Was she going to be getting excited about Tupperware parties next? It felt like something had shifted. I felt another stab of guilt for judging
I mentioned it before (years ago) and I will gladly repeat myself: when I’m struggling with mental health issues, I love myself a good cozy mystery… or two or three. Starting with J. B. Fletcher and the Murder, She wrote cozy mystery book series, over the last few years I’ve accumulated a nice little collection
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
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
I’m so sorry — I owe you Low Buy updates for November AND December. I was deep down the rabbit hole of PhD/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 or
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