Do you ever feel like you're the only one who's queasy about the whole "wow, what do I get to buy now" thing?
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I'm a minimalist, but I don't have an Instagram feed and I don't believe in the notion that you can buy what's truly important. I'm also incidentally broke, and I'm queasy about the whole "finally I can buy the thing I've always wanted" mentality that I hear on TV or the internet. I'm self-isolated incidentally, I was before the virus, and I'm acting like my grandma during the Depression did - all the things I wanted to buy before incidentally fell off my radar, and now I'm more concerned about how the war in Ukraine may affect the world supply of wheat. I don't want to buy anything, as long as people are dying, or I might lose my job. I was never much of a consumerist before, but now I'm acting like I've been living on the edge for years. I don't feel any desire to buy or own anything and I'm not sure where this journey will take me and whether I'll eventually buy things again. I know queasiness and introspection are key - I'm just also interested in hearing how you feel about it, and maybe who feels like me right now.
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