I definitely wasn’t looking for a new blog to follow, but this one was just too good to pass up. I ran across the link on the Paperback Writer blog this week. Called Less is More, it’s the blog of a SAHM who is pledging not to buy anything new (retail) for an entire year. It’s early days yet, but by her report, so far so good.
I suppose one of the reasons that I am interested in this blog is because I myself love to make due with what’s at hand rather than go out and spend money all the time – and not only because I’m in Egypt and my options are somewhat limited! Using something that you already have or making something new out of something old is (for me) a satisfying process.
As a result of reading this blog, I learned about another really cool sounding thing called The Freecycle Network – a nonprofit organization dedicated to “reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills”. I really love this idea! I do this on a very informal basis every time I pass along my children’s clothes to someone with young children. Imagine having an entire community with whom to do trades.
In our crunched economy, being a bit more circumspect about spending money isn’t a bad thing. No matter what the economy is like, recycling just makes sense.
