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Buy Nothing 2018 Experiment – November Update

The Happy Philosopher — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 15:34:18 +0000

The purpose of doing an experiment is to learn something about yourself, and to see if there is an opportunity for growth or positive change. I started the Buy Nothing 2018 experiment with this in mind. It started with a no clothes challenge, but since I had plenty of clothes I didn’t think this would …

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Buy Nothing 2018 Experiment – May Update

The Happy Philosopher — Sun, 03 Jun 2018 22:36:44 +0000

I am 5/12th of the way through my buy nothing experiment I started at the beginning of the year. In short, I have decided to be more deliberate about my consumption and buy things only when they meet certain criteria as I described in this blog post. As I progress I am starting to …

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Buy Nothing 2018 Experiment – April Update

The Happy Philosopher — Thu, 03 May 2018 16:12:31 +0000

Failure The problem with a buy nothing experiment where only one member of the family is participating (me) is that many of the purchasing decisions are really made by the family (and by family I mean Mrs. Happy Philosopher). Sometimes it is hard to assign a purchase to one person or the other. I could …

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Buy Nothing 2018 Experiment – March Update

The Happy Philosopher — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 14:25:05 +0000

I’m a little late with the March update because I just got back from spring vacation. It was a great time and we spent plenty of money, but none of it was on ‘stuff’. All of the money we spent was on transportation, food and experiences. Knowing I would not be buying anything this trip, …

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If We All Stop Buying Stuff Will We Destroy the World?

The Happy Philosopher — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 03:21:26 +0000

I recently started a buy nothing experiment. Minimalism is one of the unintentional themes of this blog, and as I move through life I find myself drifting towards it more and more. I’m an advocate of cutting out unnecessary things from our lives. After all, most of the stuff around us doesn’t really make us …

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New Experiment: Buy Nothing for 1 Year

The Happy Philosopher — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 05:00:52 +0000

New Experiment I recently decided not to buy clothes for one year. You should probably read that post first to get some context for this one. I was quite proud of myself. No clothes for a whole year. Wow, I’m such a noble and self-sacrificing person. How minimalist is that? I took an inventory …

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New experiment: I’m Not Buying Clothes for 1 year

The Happy Philosopher — Sun, 07 Jan 2018 00:11:19 +0000

New Experiment I’m not buying any clothes this year. It’s been a while since I’ve done a ‘real’ experiment in my life and I feel like the time is right to start again. I’ve done a few little tweaks here and there, but for the most part I have just slightly altered comfortable patterns that …

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The Happy Philosopher Visits the ChooseFI Podcast

The Happy Philosopher — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 04:16:52 +0000

Shortly after I was on the Mad Fientist’s podcast, Brad and Jonathan from the Choose FI podcast reached out to me. You see, they also have a podcast exploring aspects of financial independence, and after listening to me and Brandon chat for a bit, they still had questions. They wanted to dive into some of …

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Why Relationships Matter

The Happy Philosopher — Sat, 27 May 2017 15:33:07 +0000

Relationships Relationships are the foundation of a meaningful life. We are surrounded by others, and we largely define ourselves by our relationships. Although life is a single player game, we are not solitary beings. We depend on others for our survival, both physical and spiritual, and life is simply better when we share our successes …

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The Value of Giving Your Stuff Away

The Happy Philosopher — Sun, 14 May 2017 14:11:37 +0000

Give your stuff away After sorting through our physical possessions and identifying the clutter, there is now the challenge of what to do with it. There are many ways to get rid of physical clutter from simply throwing it away to recycling it to selling it. I have done all of these things and they …

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