Category: The Year of Not Buying Anything (Nearly)
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This is my bike. It was my father in law's, but he's long past going out on the road. I wanted to get back into road biking, so he gave it me. At that piont it was still his. Basically, it was a frame that needed building back up. But now it's mine. I wanted…
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As you might have noticed, I'm in midst of the Year of (nearly) not buying stuff. Some of this is to do with saving, lots of it is a need to notice everyday life a little more. So I was putting together a photobook of my little boy's first two years, and the act of…
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So last week, I ran with the velocity and tunnel vision of Forest Gump (run Forest, run)to catch the train home from sunny Newbury. Only to find it was delayed. Of course, I could have sulked, or melted like warm Nutella into an incandescant rage. But the Year of Not Buying Stuff is about…
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The Year of Not Buying stuff precludes purchasing objects for 'want' rather than 'need'. Decency forbids me showing you the state of my gym shorts. Falling apart, with holes in the most innapropriate places. New shorts have been needed for more than a while. The problem has been that I hate long shorts and the…
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I love this leather rucksack/satchel/bag thing, it's just worn in enough to feel like mine. But the other week, the buckles broke. In days of yore, that would be an excuse to get a new one, but in the new 'not buying stuff' regime, I took it to a traditonal cobblers and got new buckles…
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I never know what to ask for Christmas, so I usually just share my Amazon wish list. Ta da. In the year of not buying stuff, books won't be an issue, for a while at least.
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If there's one thing that having kids has taught me, it's the difference between happiness and pleasure. Being woken up at 5.30 am by a half crazed three year old, bashing you on the head with handmade birthday card, the one he simply can't wait another second to show you, is happiness. Gently stroking the…
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