I’m done with capitalism.
When I see empty shelves in a retail store like Rite Aid I think the end times are coming soon.
Since March 2021 I’ve carted off at least 20 donation bags of clothing and houseware items to thrift shops.
I simply no longer buy clothes. Except for a couple of items to fill in what’s missing. All I expect to order is a white cotton long sleeve tee shirt.
That’s it. End of story. My days of impulse shopping are rightly over.
In fact I have no need to fill in gaps anymore either. The only pieces I’ll replace are tee shirts because they get shabby after only one or two seasons.
The other feat I’ve achieved is that today I own only 4 lipsticks: a blue red a true red a violet and a deep pink.
Decades ago I bought 22 tubes of lipstick. That was cray-cray.
The authors of Happy Money attest that the fewer items you own the more you’ll like them and be happy with them.
Who has the wherewithal or even just the mindset to spend hours and hours attending to organizing collections of stuff?
Contain the essentials instead of having to rearrange unused items to get to the one useful item you’re looking for. Our shelves drawers and cabinets should not be graveyards for things we don’t use.
I’ll end here with this:
We cannot fall into having a scarcity mentality.
Those of us who are well-off should be checking in on friends and neighbors to see if they need help with groceries or other basic needs.
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