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'We Are All Accumulating Mountains of Things'
Demand and consequences
As consumers demand cheaper clothing and other goods, manufacturing is spending less to make them, while the quality inevitably suffers. While some stuff can be recycled, often it ends up in landfills.
At Michigan State University, students leave so many packages of unopened food and toiletries behind, that the university started a program to get students to donate when they move out.
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The Start Of Online Shopping
While online shopping was huge enough before 2020, it has become truly mainstream due to the push provided by the pandemic.
- It started in Gateshead, England, when an old lady used th...
Online Shopping In The 90s
- Pizza Hut started selling pizzas online in 1994, using a flat, grey website to take the addresses and phone numbers of pizza-hungry customers.
- Amazon.com too was launched in 1994, when we could only buy books on the site and is now the biggest online retail store, making the CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, one of the richest people on the planet.
Online Shopping and The Smartphone Push
- By 2017, Smartphone usage hit 80 percent worldwide, and online shopping apps became a common thing to use.
- Since then, online shopping has been topping every sales chart, with Shopify providing the worldwide sales figure of USD 3.5 trillion in 2019.
- A majority of stuff ordered online included electronics, books etc., with groceries not a huge priority, until this year.
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Shopping Addiction
Compulsive shopping is when chronic, repetitive buying habits have serious consequences and become a disorder, similar to drug addiction. Conscious spending is one of ways we can o...
Overspenders
People do not even know that they are addicted to shopping and are unable to understand the problem.
Their confused relationship with money is looked upon by them as a symptom of the other problems of their lives. Many victims feel lost and are unable to control themselves out of the addiction consciously.
Warning Signs Of Shopping Addiction
- Shopping due to being angry, sad or disappointed.
- Shopping being the reason for problems or chaos.
- Having arguments with others regarding spending habits.
- Not leaving home without the credit card.
- Buying on credit what cannot be bought by cash.
- The act of spending causing anxiety and euphoria.
- Shopping with a gambling mindset.
- Feeling ashamed, embarrassed or guilty about buying useless stuff.
- Lying and juggling bills and accounts to be able to spend more.
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Going for quality
Cheaper clothes usually mean cheaper material and bad resistance. But quality doesn’t have to be expensive. You can find secondhand quality clothing items in special stores or online.
Just don't...
Knowing your fit
Spend time researching how different items are supposed to fit.
Because one of the reasons we jump into buying new stuff is that nothing from out closets seem to fit right.
Buy for reality
Don't buy clothes for a fantasy you. Because you may end up with a huge wardrobe with nothing to wear.
Take into account how you spend your daily life, how many similar items you already have and the time of the year (warm, cold) when making new purchases.