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"Buying with Intention"

🕑 Added 2019-10-17 12:05:01 +0000 UTC

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Tatjana Dubrovicha

I want to share my personal personal find about closes, hope it might help someone. I found interesting category in my house: things that are inconvenient to use (a bit small shoes or dress that is too short). I do not get rid of them because I think that first I need to buy replacement and I do not buy replacement because I already have something. So it's recursion (infinite cycle). I was raised by parents that lived in the USSR and faced product shortage situations so I soaked form them fear: once I'll need something it might be not available, so it's better to accumulate goods. But I decided to break the cycle, it's already not a USSR and currently it might be harder not to buy thing than to buy them. So I just got rid of those items. I was sure that once I'll get rid of them, I'll be required to find replacements for them. I found that remembering about the item might impose an obligation on us to use this item. We think that we need this item, whereas in fact, this item just worries us. I was sure that I need that dress for official occasions, but once I got rid of it, I never thought of buying a new one. So when I let go this dress I got rid of two stresses: the old one dress that I do not wear and continuous struggle to change it.

Camelia

I love your podcasts guys! I was just kind of conflicted about your comment regarding third world countries helping you appreciate your comfort. I totally understand where you come from and how you mean it, however, I am conflicted because it's such a luxury that you have the option to lose this comfort we're in to help you appreciate it (if that makes sense). I find it a bit unfair (part of my family lives in a country where u have electricity 2h per day so if you do not have personal generators you have nothing. And unless you're very rich you cannot have a normal life so to speak) Other than that, I'm so glad you guys make these maximals, perfect for slow workdays and long rides!