No Buy Week #24: Questions to Ask in Order to NOT BUY STUFF!!!

Sorry for the lawnmower noise at the end! Alas.
Back to a kind of "Things I Wanted to Buy But Didn't" but this time, with possibly more success! Except for maybe a pair of sandals that I still kind of want...😅

0:00 hi! time for a good old fashioned no buy video
0:09 not the best recording of Vivaldi's "Summer"
1:10 lesson one - not seeing it on social media
1:18 lesson two - buying duplicates
2:39 not just exact duplicates but functional as well
3:32 do I NEED this item (but for real now)
3:51 moving on to sandals discussion
6:20 the search for the "perfect" one
6:42 and how the nature of trends make this impossible
7:58 I don't believe clothes are gendered in reality
8:17 buying things you don't need is irresponsible?
8:53 I would have just bought them in the past
9:05 but my "no buy" made me THINK before buying
9:24 I thought I was considering my purchases but no
10:22 there are some cases where life changes means buying
10:30 spoiler alert - look out for what I bought so far update
10:48 social media has changed consumerism
12:34 if we aren't aware, we can be easy targets
13:12 I STILL WANT TO BUY THINGS
14:56 but never fear, the no buy is helping
17:05 you always have time to think about what you want
18:19 questions to ask yourself before buying
19:56 the second question to ask
20:41 the third question
23:10 the fourth question
24:37 questions for consumables
25:26 regarding books
28:30 HELP ME NOT BUY THESE SANDALS

#consciousconsumption #consciousconsumerism #nobuyyear #recovering #shopaholic