Could You Live a “Buy Nothing” Month?
January 31st, 2007The experiment starts tomorrow - Over on the MSN Money message boards, Liz Pulliam Weston has been enlisting volunteers in an project: buy nothing for the month of February. At least nothing besides necessities. (She’s making the guidelines broad and is more interested in the impact on participants’ mentalities than their strict adherence to the rules.)
I didn’t sign up, but I’d like to think I could do it if I really wanted to… Borrow some movies/books from the library, use up random food hiding in my pantry, search for free events around town… It would be fun finding creative alternatives to paying for things, and also enlightening because I’m sure there are purchases I don’t realize I would miss until I couldn’t make them. The hardest part for me would be giving up bargain hunting - I don’t consume a lot but I sure love finding cheap stuff.
Could you do it?