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Ep 451: The Anti-Shopping Show

2024/11/27
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Jean Chatzky 指出,节俭的关键在于只购买真正需要或想要且负担得起的东西,并强调了冲动消费和信用卡债务的严重性,许多人使用信用卡购买节日礼物后仍未还清欠款,造成了债务问题。她呼吁大家理性消费,避免节日购物带来的经济压力。 Shira Gill 则从极简主义的角度出发,阐述了理性消费和避免冲动购物的重要性。她认为极简主义的核心是明确自身最重要的东西,去除干扰,从而获得时间、空间和自由。极简主义可以通过减少物质拥有来创造更多的时间和自由,并建议大家基于价值观的决策方法,确定生活中真正想要的东西,并拒绝那些与目标无关的事物。她认为真正让我们快乐的是有意义的人际关系、令人满足的工作和对自身以外事物的贡献,而不是物质财富。她还建议大家抵制黑色星期五等促销活动,避免冲动消费,并探索体验式礼物,例如分享技能、创造体验或提供消耗品,往往比物质物品更能引起共鸣。她指出,消费行为往往源于试图填补生活中的空虚感,而解决这些空虚感的方法并不一定需要花钱。找到并解决导致过度消费的根本原因,例如职业倦怠或身份认同危机,有助于控制消费行为。最后,她提供了应对节假日消费的三个建议:制定购物清单和预算、设定节日目标、探索体验式礼物。

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The chapter discusses the concept of minimalism and intentional shopping, emphasizing the importance of understanding personal values to avoid unnecessary purchases.
  • Minimalism is about being radically intentional with time, resources, and energy.
  • Clarifying what matters most helps cut clutter and distractions.
  • Minimalism is not about restriction but about creating freedom and more time.

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The holidays are right around the corner, which means the holiday “shopping season” is now in full swing. And while we love scoring a good bargain) on just about everything, we score the best deal when we just don’t buy the thing in the first place. 

Shira Gill,) an expert on minimalism, intentional shopping, and living your values shares how to stop ourselves from buying the thing BEFORE we buy the thing, and how to get creative with gift-giving, with heartfelt items that will mean a heck of a lot more to the recipient than something shiny and expensive. 

CHAPTERS:

**00:00 **The allure of bargains 

06:00 Minimalism and values-based decisions

13:00 Intentional gifting

**26:00 **Tips for a stress-free holiday season 

**34:00 **Mailbag question 1: Retirement-Specific Book Recommendations

36:00 Mailbag question 2: Managing Credit Card Debt and Balance Transfers

TAKEAWAYS:

  • Minimalism is about clarifying what matters most and removing distractions to create time, space, and freedom.

  • Unique, heartfelt gifts—like sharing skills, creating experiences, or consumable items—often resonate more than material possessions. 

  • Set a mission statement for the season. Identify what your family truly values, whether it’s a trip or simply quality time together and stick to it.

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