lyeshea in Sacramento is doing 28 things including…

consume less

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Untitled 2 years ago

I need to not take my gramma to the store. I live with my grandparents and well, my flashdrive disappeared when I went to the fair a few months ago with my brother (he was showing his pig, we went on a couple rides. Went back to the car, my keys felt funny b/c my flashdrive was gone.) So, when my gramma told me they were having a sale at K-mart this weekend on flashdrives and she needed a ride to go get one. I decided to go with and replace my poor lost flashedyflash.

Which is consumption, but one item, and something that I do tend to use a fair amount. Then when we’re there she takes me off through the lingerie convinces me to buy two bras I don’t really need (I have plenty of bras thank you) and tries to convince me to buy more cammies and stuff. I have good self control on the shopping front if I go by myself, but if she’s standing there going you should get this, you should get that it really makes it harder for me to not buy stuff.

I have more than enough clothes and none of my underwear needs replacing right now.

I’m trying though. And, I refused repeated suggestions that I go buy a lunch bag at walmart for $5. It’s weird, because my gramma’s the one who always tells me I need to save, then she’s also the one who takes me out shopping and tries to get me to buy stuff. But when I want something and I go to buy it for me withuot encouragement it’s always, “do you really need that?” sometimes it just doesn’t make sense.



Untitled 2 years ago

The first step on this is resisting impulse buys I think. THe second is figuring out how to not consume so much gas going to work.

right now i spend about $75/week on gas… and i’m going to have to start spending up to $70/week on parking or figure out how to take the bus for work (its stupid, i either have to get there at 6:30 am too early [esp after a 1hr bus ride] or ten am too late). i’m gonna try driving part of the way and taking the bus the rest, we’ll just have to see how that goes.

And then, i’ll see if i can’t figure out other stuff on the consuming less side of things.



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