#theyearofless

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18.9.19

Spending my sick day reading in bed and reminiscing about my summer travels.

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Revenge

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Book Review- The Year of Less By Cait Flanders Audiobook ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Year of Less is Cait Flanders's story of how she transformed her life in a year by going on a shopping band and decluttering. The story spans a few years in which she talks about how she got to this place and her personal and work struggles. This mini-memoir regarding personal finance was incredibly interesting with great takeaways on how to improve your financial situation. While hers may seem extreme (only buying essentials if it was on her approved items list, replacing something only if it broke and then only if it was a necessity), it was a great experiment in the frivolous consumerism many of us experience today. After her year of less, she went on to count how many personal items she went through in a year to add more data to her research. Though she was past the stockpiling part of her life, she only went through two bottles of shampoo in a year. It put a lot into perspective how easy it is to get sucked into advertisements and purchase *cute* items that never seem to look the same way in your home as they do in the store. In the end, a lot of financial stress stems from not being mindful of our habits. Could we take the trip if we hadn't ordered Doordash for a few months? Would buying excess items we thought we needed to be a certain way bring us happiness? I loved this and it was a great reminder in being mindful, structuring life to avoid temptations, and to question yourself before buying something if you don't need it. Four stars🌟 • • • • • #theyearofless #blondeonabudget #caitflanders #lizzierecommendsbooks #nonfictionbooks #personalfinancebooks #womeninfinance #memoirs https://www.instagram.com/p/CgPpbtdgBZP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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#不消費的一年 #書摘 #Theyearofless 1. 不消費實驗證明：慾望越少，花費也越少，需要的錢也就跟著減少了。 2. 先存錢，剩下的才可以花掉，只能買消耗品。 3. 丟掉不用的舊東西，好好使用已經有的東西。如果覺得沒用，那乾脆丟掉。 4. 成為一個理智的消費者。看清楚錢的去向，根據目標和價值觀設定實際的預算。 5. 挑出真正需要的東西，不拖延不惋惜，該丟就丟。 6. 衣櫃裡只掛幾件衣服，抽屜只裝半滿。 7. 記下自己丟棄的數目，計算我還擁有多少東西，了解自己究竟擁有多少。 8. 買任何東西前都問自己一個問題：這是買給誰的？是現在的自己，還是你想成為的那個人？ 9. 記錄「食後感」：記下吃完某些東西的感覺，找出哪些食物讓我不舒服，並慢慢減少攝取量。 10. 只把錢花在對人生有意義的東西上，學會簡單生活，並累積更多存款。 11. 增加閱讀時間。 12. 為了過有節制的生活，必須劃定界線。我不能忍受浪費時間，不想再虛度光陰，消耗在其實並不重要的事情上。 13. 把自己放回第一位，不再為別人的事傷神。想做什麼，就去做，快樂才是當務之急。 14. 成功的模樣：在效率最好的時間工作，多花時間和所愛的人相處，然後去旅行。 15. 善於利用資源，不必凡事花錢解決。不再計較自己能得到什麼，對現況更容易滿足。 16. 只要訂出先後順序，凡事皆有可能。 17. 過得簡單，即是富足。 . . . 這本書其實就是作者紀錄她一年不消費的流水帳😝 . 閱讀起來沒什麼太大的障礙 畢竟我自己也從今年一月起開始實施#不消費的一年 . 可能我原本的物質慾望就不高 也不買名牌奢侈品 （跟沒錢無關，就算有錢我也不會買） . 過往的消費就是愛買沒用的小雜貨 小雜貨累積多年也相當可觀😝 這一年就徹底戒斷這些沒路用的小東西 也不再特價時囤積日常用品 . 每天回家經過全聯 只買當天要吃完的水果 通常是一顆奇異果🥝 沒錯！就只買一顆 天天都吃到最新鮮的 而且連自備購物袋都省了 一顆奇異果 抓在手上就走 . 3個多月下來 不消費的生活讓我感覺越來越輕鬆 不過偶爾還是會破功 像是全家寄杯活動 買燒仙草2杯有折扣 當下有小遲疑一下 好像便宜蠻多的 就腦波弱弱的買了2杯 其中一杯是未來飲料🥤 未來都不知道在哪裡 先付錢買未來飲料實在是一件很蠢的事🙄 . 總之，這本書是給本給初學者的入門書 如果你一直以來都有衝動購物成癮的習慣 可以考慮實驗一下 #不消費的一年 應該會非常有成就感！ . . . #reading #igers #igersoftheday #igersTaiwan #Taiwan #likeforlikes （在 Tamshui, New Taipei City, Taiwan 新北市淡水區） https://www.instagram.com/p/CNhiDbpHFLP/?igshid=11hv9w6rqr06k

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365 days without shopping

Day 7 of 365

At the end of last year I completed the book “The year of less” by Cait Flanders. What started out as a challenge to herself not to spend unnecessary money, turned out to be a life altering experiment that not only changed her perspective around material items, but also enhanced her outlook on life. It was an inspiring and enjoyable read.

I’ve found that over the last several years, I drowned myself in material items either out of illegitimate ideas that I “needed” the items,  deep down thinking the items would enhance me in some way, or frankly because I thought they would make me happy. I’m someone who can justify any purchase and convince you of my reasoning.

As I enter 2021, after the unique experiences that 2020 brought us, I come realizing I no longer recognize much of myself. Through broken relationships, disappointments, and grief I’ve managed to loose sight of the things that truly brought me joy ( if I honestly ever knew them at all). While I don’t believe in the “New year, new me” mentality, I believe that everyday we are on this planet is a chance to cherish the people we care about and begin anew in areas we aren’t happy with. By being complacent for so long, I was making a choice to not make a choice. I was choosing to remain in the same place because the fear of changing, and not achieving a successful outcome, was more pain than I was willing to risk.

I’ll be going 365 without spending to stop drowning my woes in new handbags and shoes, and address my feelings head on to get back to a healthier mindset. We don’t NEED all the things we convince ourselves to buy and at many points in my life I’ve felt suffocated by owning all the items I have. I’m looking forward to documenting this journey so that I can look back and see how far I came.

In the book Cait documents a list of approved items to purchase, inventories all of her belongings, and tracks the amount of income saved. I will be doing the same in the coming days and post to hold myself accountable. Feel free to join in with me at any time.

with much love and gratitude - E

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Hmmmm... Depends on your mood reading this one!

Not what I had expected this book to be and not what I had purchased it for but still read it to see how it developed and sharing as it may indeed be a great read for some people. New York Times reviews among a few is what made me select it but it is not at all what I have perceived it to be. This is  a New York Times Best Seller which I personally disagree with but there you go.

At a time when I was re-assessing what was financially important to me I recognized that I wasted alot on very short-term things in my life that I did not need and could live without, be it fashion/clothing, daily coffee’s or subscriptions that I no longer required. I had also become quite complacent at regularly reviewing household fundamentals like gas/ electricity, motor insurance and so on. I had made a decision that there was plenty I needed to cut out from my monthly expenditure and basically a de-clutter was required.

This book does not address this type of mindset despite the title! This book is about a person’s personal struggle with  addiction of various sorts from alcohol to online shopping and how she spent a year reducing all of her debt and addictive habits. I guess it gets there in the end but I had thought it was about support people who may be trying to de-clutter their lives but this is more about breaking addictions. It is of course inter-linked but there was little by way of detailing support for others vs just their story.

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Book Review: The Year of Less

Book Review: The Year of Less

I’ve given up burning the candle at both ends, I just threw myself into the fire. Given that state of extreme stress and constant over work, The Year of Less by Cait Flanders was extremely appealing.

Basic Summary (Courtesy of Goodreads):

In her late twenties, Cait Flanders found herself stuck in the consumerism cycle that grips so many of us: earn more, buy more, want more, rinse, repeat. Even…

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