Planning a No-Buy for 2021

Well, this is it. This is finally the culmination of all my Youtube learnings and book readings on Minimalism, Zero-Waste, and Money Management.

I'm doing a No-Buy.

Specifically, I'll be doing it for the first 6 months of 2021, alongside my mom. I don't have all the details yet, and I don't know how I'll survive, but I feel like I'm at a comfortable place wherein I have everything I need within my grasp – anything additional to that would just be some odd, not-well-thought-out fancy.

So for now, I thought of taking the time to voice out why I'm putting myself through this ordeal. Let me begin by saying that, this is nothing new. I've been popping the idea of a No-Buy or a Low-Buy to anyone who would listen (mostly my best friend), but it never came to fruition. To be honest, I personally feel like I have enough – enough entertainment, enough stuff – but I seem to be just raking in more and more without even being conscious of it. In the latter part of the year, I've been practicing becoming more mindful of it, and I've somehow slightly succeeded in the task of mentally swatting my hand away from touching, and consequently obtaining, the next shiny object I see.

But aside from that, I wanted to take advantage of the stability that I've finally found myself in. I've spent the better part of 2020 paying off some of my largest debts (mainly that one medical bill I found myself having after being in an emergency room years ago), so now that that's ending, I can fully focus on just saving to reach some monetary goals I've established for 2021:

I wish I could include at least one travel plan in here but COVID-19 is still a reality :(

That's it. I have no New Year's goals (I've never believed in them anyway). This is just me declaring my intention of what I'm setting myself up for in the coming year. If anyone out there is doing anything similar to this then, please know that you're not alone!