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Ep 471: The 30-Day ‘No Buy’ Challenge That Can Save You Thousands

2025/4/16
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Jean Chatzky: 近年来气候变化相关的新闻令人沮丧，但我们可以通过改变个人消费习惯，例如参与30天不买新东西的挑战，来为环保事业贡献力量，同时改善个人财务状况和心理健康。 Ashlee Piper: 我曾经沉迷于‘工作-消费’的循环中，过度消费让我负债累累且不快乐。后来我开始关注可持续生活方式，并发起‘30天不买新东西’挑战。这项挑战不仅让我节省了36000美元，还帮助我摆脱了债务，改善了心理健康，让我重新认识到生活中真正重要的东西。这项挑战的核心在于改变消费习惯，从关注物质转向关注体验和人际关系。通过二手市场、循环利用、免费获取、租赁和共享等方式，我们可以满足需求，减少对新商品的依赖，从而减轻地球的负担。挑战过程中，我们会发现自己的消费模式，并学会更理性地消费。虽然挑战过程中可能会出现一些‘失误’，但只要坚持下去，就能从中受益匪浅，并养成良好的消费习惯。 Ashlee Piper: 我们过度消费的根源在于二战后的工业化、广告业的兴起以及心理学在营销中的运用。这些因素共同导致了我们对消费的条件反射。近年来，‘买无物’群体和二手交易市场的兴起反映了人们对社区和人际关系的需求。通过参与挑战，人们不仅能获得经济上的好处，还能增强社区联系，提升自我价值感，不再将自我价值与物质 possessions 绑定。减少对新商品的需求能够减轻地球的负担，购买二手商品也比购买新商品更环保。

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Climate news in the last few years has felt incredibly depressing.  Melting ice caps. Declining bee populations. Corporate greenwashing. It’s easy to feel like there’s nothing we can do that actually makes a difference. But what if you could take one simple action that not only helped the planet but also your wallet and your mental health?

This week, we sit down with Ashlee Piper, award-winning sustainability expert and author of No New Things: A Radically Simple 30-Day Guide to Saving Money, the Planet, and Your Sanity). She shares how stepping off the work-to-buy treadmill helped her save $36,000, pay off debt, and reconnect with what actually brings her joy.

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