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Jorunn Hernes 🇳🇴's avatar

A very good read! Personally, I am in favour of a Less-Buy 2025 instead of a No-Buy 2025. I support the 5for2025 idea, committing myself to buying no more than 5 new items of clothing (unlimited number of thrifted items). It's not as strict as the no-buy commitment and ensures that I think long and hard about every purchase I make.

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Dana Hirschenbaum's avatar

I just wanted to drop in to say that it is truly very easy (for me at least) to not shop on Amazon. I have never been a member or a regular Whole Foods shopper & I don't have any electronic listening devices in my house (other than the phone in typing on), so that may have helped. I have only purchased things on Amazon that I truly need & mind-bogglingly enough, cannot find anywhere else (like a neutral ph cleanser for my tiles--I tried every hardware store, searched online & truly could not find it, so I ordered the largest volume I could to last me the longest time). You can find almost everything else in a store or from a different retailer. It seems unlikely you truly need it to arrive on your doorstep immediately. Amazon doesn't even have a good interface or user experience. I feel terrible every time I see those drivers racing to deliver packages. Give it a try-- that is an eminent do-able & also emotionally satisfying restriction.

As for the rest, I definitely recommend a list of things you're really looking for or some other guardrails that fit your lifestyle. Otherwise it feels very much like a crash diet where you then go overboard in the end. Best of luck with whatever you decide!

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