Hi everyone, I'm Xiao Zen
Xiao Zen really feels that the festival is so tiring now, as a post-70s, we are now the main force to support the New Year, we are trying to continue the old traditions and rules of the post-40s and post-50s, and try not to let the customs of the New Year drop the chain in our hands.
The top wants to make the old people happy, and the bottom can't count on the post-00s. So it's us who are tired.
Originally, I said that I would not buy clothes during the New Year, and I would match my existing clothes with new ideas to save money for the Spring Festival.
But when I opened the cabinet and looked at the messy clothes that were about to overflow, I was in no mood in an instant, I was already very tired, and I was too lazy to tidy up the wardrobe, so I just bought one to wear.
broke the gong in a second, and bought a few more pieces online.
Today, I brushed up on a **, which means that middle-aged women have to learn to save money after the age of 50, limited to one year, except for the necessities of life, do not buy anything. If there is a need, think of a way to make the best use of what you have.
After searching the Internet, this kind of one-year no-buy plan seems to be very popular, and it also brought me some inspiration.
I also made a list of what I wouldn't buy for a year.
Let's start my minimalist life on the first day of work in the new year.
01 Don't buy clothes.
I can't fit in my wardrobe with so many clothes that I don't buy anymore.
Organize your wardrobe, take a break, and leave the clothes you like to wear often.
Just match it between the existing clothes, and it is also a good exercise for your dressing ability.
I decided to work out in 2024 and keep in shape, what is not beautiful to wear with a good body?
02Don't buy loungewear.
In the past, I always wanted to wear beautiful loungewear at home like the exquisite woman on TV, so that people could show their elegant side.
In real life, a set of pajamas is worn to the end, and there are so many home clothes to buy, and there are few that can show their faces.
As long as there are a few pieces at home to wear, cleanliness is the most important thing.
03Don't buy cutlery.
Every time I look at the food, I can't help but want to buy those beautiful dishes with food, and I feel that after I buy it, the food I cook can be as delicious as the food.
Well, it's because I'm thinking too much, and the cooking skills are still the same cooking, so that there are a bunch of extra dishes, and there is nowhere to put them, and after a long time, they are covered with dust, and I can't remember it.
There are only three people in the family, and they can't use so many dishes, so the key is to practice cooking.
04Do not buy small household appliances with duplicate functions.
As soon as I saw the small household appliances introduced on the Internet, I felt that it was so convenient that I couldn't help but move home.
Now at home there are ...... dough mixing machines, dough cutting machines, ovens, air fryers, soybean milk machines, juicers, and electric baking pansThe kitchen is a mess, and the key has not been used a few times, and all the dust is put away.
Small household appliances with repeated functions like these must not be bought, and one with the same function is enough.
05 Don't buy drinks, milk tea.
Drinks and milk tea seem to be small money, and they cost a lot of money to buy every day.
The point is that these things are not healthy, and you will gain weight if you eat them.
For the sake of a good figure and health, I drank flower tea and never bought it again.
06Do not stock up on cosmetics.
I have a bunch of ** and cosmetics at home, which are enough this year.
This year, we must act with a light bottle, buy a bottle after using it, and don't be affected by online activities, hoard a bunch, and finally can't use it, and throw it away when it expires, wasting money.
07 Don't buy jewelry.
Xiao Zen was very obsessed with small jewelry for a while, especially **inexpensive, delicate and shiny earrings and necklaces.
I bought a lot, but I didn't bring it a few times, because some of it was cheap, and I couldn't ask for it.
Now I often wear a pair of earrings and a bracelet.
So no longer buy cheap jewelry, you have to change it to buy the same again.
08 Do not order takeout.
Xiao Zen will do a better job at this point in 2023. Didn't order it a few times.
First, the price **, takeaway and delivery fees have risen, and Xiao Zen is distressed.
The second is that most of the takeaways are greasy and unhealthy, and Xiao Zen has to manage his body.
In 2024, I decided to bring my own food and not order takeout.
09Do not buy tourist souvenirs.
As soon as I went on a tour, I couldn't help but buy back a bunch of useless souvenirs when I listened to the tour guide's flickering.
If you consume something on this impulse, your vitality will be maintained for a week.
Now Xiao Chan still has the gadgets made of coconut shells he bought in Hainan, which have long been thrown into the corner to be ashes.
Xiao Zen now sees friends take their children to tourist attractions to get stamped, and after playing, find the local post office to stamp a free stamp, so that it is good to preserve and commemorate.
10. Don't buy sports equipment.
Since Xiao Zen followed the Douyin live broadcast room to work out, he unconsciously bought a lot of equipment.
Some of the ones used for strength training are a must and should be bought.
But I've bought several sets of gym clothes, and now that I think about it, it's really impulsive.
Wear that one for home fitness every day, buy two sets in winter and summer to wear, there is really no need to buy so much.
Write at the end. This is Xiao Zen's 10 no-buy plan for 2024.
A minimalist lifestyle is a practice rooted in life and a redefinition of freedom. Thoreau.
The more minimalist your life is, the richer your heart will be.