Because being socially awkward has its benefits
Starting my Low Buy on February 22, it may not exactly be halftime – I’ve never been strong with numbers and I don’t really care – but I thought it might be time to post a short update on how my current low buy is going. As stated in my last post, the Covid-19 situation [...]
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. While I failed a few times and wasn't always satisfied with my efforts, overall I enjoyed [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I had a busy week, so belatedly 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 [...]
Mementos, memorabilia, sentimental stuff – we all got it. And sometimes it’s hard – maybe even impossible – to let go. Growing up with grandparents who were the embodiment of the postwar generation’s “Let’s keep that just in case”, I know the drama. There’s the “just in case” factor that still weighs heavy on me [...]
(deutsche Version) So this month was not as quiet as I expected it to be. Living and ‘shopping’ under total lockdown until mid-month brought excellent results – I ordered two books online and apart from that all I/we bought were groceries and toiletries. Hence this month had huge potential. But spending so much (quiet quality) [...]
