• arcane potato (she/they)@vegantheoryclub.orgEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Ditching consumerism really helped me, I think. I no longer feel like I am giving things up. Just because something is available to purchase and I can afford it doesn’t mean it is 1) good for me, 2) ethical ) harmless. This applies to food, goods, services.

    I’d say that probably started with thinking about what it means to buy something and then being responsible for it. So the habit is thinking, “What am I going to do with this?” whenever I am considering buying something. Eventually the desire lessens and I no longer want things.

    • 🏴 hamid abbasi [he/him] 🏴@vegantheoryclub.orgOPMEnglish
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      3 days ago

      This is a really good one. While I still end up buying things pretty often it feels like I try and make sure they’re tools or something that will make my life actually better or enable me to do something I wasn’t able to before instead of buying things that just make me feel good on impulse. My latest purchases were a blood pressure monitor and an exercise bike

    • NaevaTheRat [she/her]@vegantheoryclub.orgMEnglish
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      4 days ago

      Ditching consumerism really helped me, I think.

      I have been trying to deprogram myself for years. I used to just default to this pattern of looking for a product for each problem. Now I try and think more holistically and make do more or look to see if I can reframe my desires.