About a year ago, my kids were talking about commercials and asked me what their purpose is. I told them that they are here to advertise and get us to buy certain products. That is strange they said, because for them, commercials have no persuasion power what so ever. Really??! My daughter has nice, thick […]
Never doesn’t Necessarily have to Mean Never
Remember my no buying project? My project where I decided to stop buying clothes, shoes and accessories? If not, you can read more about it in this previous blog post. From April to late November I bought absolutely nothing and have since then only bought a t-shirt and just last week, a pair of […]
What I Hopefully Learned from my 7 Months “No-Buy” Project
Back in September I decided that I needed a little break from the blog, some time to think about what I wanted to do here and where to go next. That it would be a two-and-a- half month break was not planned and it sure is nice to be back! So, I have decided to […]
How much do we need?
Almost every child comes to that stage where they want to decide for themselves what they want to wear. I know that mine had. Someone very clever (unfortunately, I don’t remember who) told me that the thing to do, is to give them two choices. Not more and not less. That way they have a […]
Sale!?
A few years back I was standing in line to pay for something in a popular clothes shop in the mall. In front of me there where two women talking. One says to the other: “I probably shouldn’t get this as we are already way in overdraft…”. Pause, and then: “Oh well, is it really […]
Good to Have or Have to Have?
It can be difficult, but very worthwhile, to try and differentiate between things that we have to have (meaning that we can’t live without) and things that are good to have (meaning that we can live without them). It is difficult because it sometimes seems like that we have to have everything and that there […]