Abstinence from shopaholic to reach the people you need these steps

Editor’s note: This article is from the micro-channel public number “Tower Gate” (ID: DT-Tamen), Author: pylons.

No Buy Year: Do not buy a year, as the name suggests, do not buy new products in a year. The one-year time limit has also been extended to a certain period of time-it can be a few weeks or a few months. Search for “Not Buying Nian” on Xiaohongshu, and you will get 860,000+ notes; there are thousands of videos sharing not buying Nian on station B; and nearly five thousand Douban members gathered at the newly established “no In the “buy year” group, some people did not buy clothes for three years and regarded this place as a place to check in. “Don’t buy” is becoming a popular lifestyle among young people.

No Buy Year may be another manifestation of minimalist life. More and more people are unable to extricate themselves in the endless cycle of “work-make-shopping”, and a group of people are beginning to reflect: things are coming More, does it mean that the standard of living is getting higher? In addition to the superficial happiness of “buy, buy, buy,” do people have the ability to find another satisfaction of “getting”?

Mian Mian who is already working and the minimalist goose who is going to school were once fans of consumerism. The past 2020 has become their No Buy Year away from material desire.

“The money spent is a cold figure. If you don’t pile up at home, you will regret it twice.”

After losing 30 pounds in 2019, I am a little bloated and feel that I can do a lot of things. So it was decided not to buy the year in 2020. The rules I set are actually not complicated:

  • Buy only necessary items.

  • Do not buy any decorations or clothes.

  • Consumables are similar to food, daily use, and skin care before buying.

  • Electronic products and furniture are not broken, don’t buy them.

Before implementation, I first checked my purchase records for the previous two years, and pulled orders while