A Tennessee woman has revealed how giving up shopping for a year transformed not just her bank balance, but her outlook on life.
Ann Patchett, an author and owner of Parnassus Books in Nashville, has spoken out about her decision to move away from mass consumerism in a piece for The New York Times.
She said that as 2016 unfolded and the political landscape felt more uncertain, she found herself 'mindlessly scrolling through two particular shopping websites, numbing my fears with pictures of shoes, clothes, purses and jewelry' - and had a sudden epiphany.
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4 comments:
I'm going to send this to my wife EVERY DAY this year! I mean, how many shoes and sets of clothes can one person wear!!??
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Yeah shopping is not the American pass time. Saving should be. The crap just ends up in landfills and thrift shops. You want to gather have a garden learn to can and bake. Cut off the cable. New cars are the worst investment ever. Turn the heat down put a sweater on. Ventilate your home and seldom use the AC. If you are obsessed with creature comforts in your leisure perhaps consider and second job why shop or sit around when you can being doing something profitable.
That's the true American way of thrift and personal enterprise. Waiting to clock out and relax will never get you anywhere. Two world wars and crappy hazardous sub pay jobs our grandparents all survived saved and prospered. Consumerism has compromised the American work ethic, dream and family prosperity. You can clip coupons to buy more cheap crap but it's not the same as True Thrift.
Wasn't that a John Wayne Movie ?
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