Something i started this year that's right up your alley is when I went to the shops I would repeate the mantra "I own enough, I have enough, I am enough". It helps me not buy unneeded things.
I just found your channel. Im quite a bit older. 56. Im on a minimalist journey. It seems like im constantly doing the Swedish death cleaning. I do not want my children stuck with my junk. Thank you for getting this message out to the younger generation! 🎉
Katie thank you so much for commenting! Welcome to my channel. Swedish death cleaning is quite a method and I resorted to it prior to moving states. I subbed to your channel as well, thank you for sharing you life with us!
I unsubscribed from all YT channels that boasted "haul" videos because they were too enabling. I canceled all my auto-pay accounts and deleted all my retail apps. This is a hard start for me but really needed. Consumerism is evil.
That’s a great start! Hard agree. The number of people doing a no buy 2025 challenge is growing exponentially, our strength is in numbers against consumerism
It's hard, and I'm reluctant to cancel my Amazon account, but when I understand my hard-earned money is directly lining the pockets of the very, very rich I feel better! I am reading a novel called The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, set in Edwardian times, and am sad to realise nothing has changed.
@@feanorian21maglor38 Not only that, but the quality of goods they're selling is so inferior to how it used to be, thus furthering their enrichment. Thank you for book recommendation btw I'll take a look at it. Times change, but people are the same
That’s good that the few exceptions are purchases from small local businesses. Realistically sometimes we do need something or have a gift to give, using that as an opportunity to support a local company instead of a mega corporation is way better on so many levels.
Yes I definitely agree. My local senior center had a sale and I HAD TO buy this cute lady's knitted goods because I know it made her day, and my friends/family got knitted mini-blankets and other cute things in their Christmas baskets. I try to go to local farmers markets for sourdough and other consumables. As much as I restrict myself on big box stores, always happy to spend on local businesses.
Something that was a real wake up call for me was i wrote down every item (aside from food, shampoo, consumables etc) that came in and out of my house for 2 entire years. I am a minimalist and don't spend excessively. But i realized i would shop, donate those things, and shop again. This really made me see how consumerist I'd become, and since then I've done so much better about not shopping just for fun.
Thank you for sharing a tip of writing it all out. Even while trying to be cognizant, it can be so easy to fall into consumerism trap. It also took me several years to carefully curate the closet and keep getting rid of things again and again. Thanks for watching 🙌🏻
For the past year and a half I was going crazy with buying stuff I didn’t really need. Got into reading books, started to watch a lot of YT videos with book reviews and then started to pay attention to the collections of books behind youtubers backs. All these haul videos did something to me and I started buying physical books. So in a year and a half a bought ALOT of books using my credit card (I was buying a lot of other stuff, including paying for subscription that I was not really using), at first I was doing pretty good paying off the debt every month, but then it started to be too overwhelming to the point where I stopped paying debt but I didn’t stop spending money. So now I have a debt that is equal to at least 4 full months paychecks that I realistically cannot pay off even in half a year and a bunch of trash and books that I don’t want to own, use or read. So yeah, this is definitely eye opening for me. I was like this most of my life,but I was only spending my own money before, never getting myself into debt. By the end of 2024 I realised that if I don’t stop I’ll ruin my life with this overconsumption. So the goal for 2025 is definitely not wasting money anymore. I know it’s been only 4 days of the year so far but I’m doing much better, I only paid bills and didn’t spend a coin on anything else, even food (bcs I have enough of everything for now) oh and also managed to stop myself from wasting money on mobile game few times in these 4 days 😂 thank you for this video, it definitely helps because its validates my decision to stay away from spending money
Thank you for sharing your experience. First off, hopefully you got overspending off your chest and you have come to a realization that enough is enough. Most people would keep spending and accumulating debt without a thought even crossing their mind that consumerism is bad for them and has long-term consequences on their financial future. I wish you strength to withstand your temptation and step by step pay off your debt and be happy with what you own in 2025 :)
i think it'll be a year where we'll find who we really are outside the things we own, it's not about willpower or discipline i think it's more about exploring and living life outside consuming material things and letting those things consume us
My rules this year are: no purchased clothing (not even thrifted), only buying new tea when a favorite flavor runs out, drinking at least two teas I have but don’t really love per week, no new fabric unless I have used up an entire tote’s worth first, no new candles until the ones I have are gone, and making (and following) a grocery list every single time I go to the store.
I like your list. I make grocery lists but NEVER stick to them- stores are so good at making us buy stuff we didn't know we wanted until we saw it! I must do better.
@@feanorian21maglor38 the struggle is real! This is why I’ve added FOLLOWING grocery lists. I never stick to them and it really adds up. Maybe this is the month we both manage it!
@@feanorian21maglor38 They definitely are. A few small tricks to try to avoid getting tricked by them: come shopping on a full stomach, bring only enough cash to pay for items you're planning on buying; try grocery pick up (although I don't like this one because they aren't good at picking fresh produce).
Hard agree! I was just watching clothing hauls from RUclipsrs back in 2018-2018 and the quality of even cheap fast fashion clothes from H&M and forever 21 was so much better. Now it’s just all polyester trash
Yes, planned obsolescence is aggravating. Doing a very low buy year. Clothing is a big one for me to avoid. Emergency funds and vacation funds is big for me to work on saving this year. Also, I bought a planner and accordion file to track and help me with this.
That's a great start! I hope you'll keep going while avoiding temptations. There's so many important things to put money aside for rather than what consumerist culture is trying to sell us
@@alreadyenough Yes, I agree. Doing well, so far. Going over budget now, to take a weekly review. Going to do a roll over if each category and place all left over funds into either emergency funds and maybe another one like vacation ? That way I start fresh each month and lessen the risk of "splurge/impulse shopping".
@@likeargamanflaming940 That's great! this month feels soooo long .. 31 days x_x think of something that makes you really happy, that you know will be worth it. It helps at moments of weakness
@@alreadyenough Thank you for validating that this months feels long. I just did a double take at the length and then you wrote this. So, yes, I'm not crazy, it is a longer month. You are correct in doing something that makes one happy to help avoid the "oops". Be well!!!!
this year was the first time i actually stopped buying more than necessary and just buying what i needed. Mainly cause i lost my housing and don't need extra junk laying around in my car and storage unit. for the first time i waited until i ran out of toothpaste before i bought more 😂 im saving and once i get a place im going to continue this mindset 🙏🏾
I hope that you will be in a position to get a place again and bounce back stronger than ever. I've been in a position of restarting from almost 0 several times and it definitely changes you. I subscribed to your channel :) good luck this year!
Hey, I'm glad you came across my channel and left a comment. I loved checking out your content..it's definitely solid! You brought out some great points and I see why there's so much to relate with. Subbed..keep up the great work!♥
Thank you for sharing your perspective and experience! I would've never guessed this was your first video. I'm interested in taking more charge of my spending and indulgence in consumerism this year and you've provided a lot of insights into how to ease into it and the different levels there are to it all which I definitely appreciated hearing!
Julie, thank you for your kind comment. I hope that you can gain momentum in your less spending challenge and that consumerist culture will have no influence over you. Good luck !!
Oh heyyy! You know what's interesting is RUclips recommended me two of your videos today and I started binging your content as well :) I subscribed as well let's grow together and support each other in #nobuy
Great video along with hundreds of others I have seen on the subject of #nobuy2025. Happy to see this movement like you said is gaining momentum and I hope more people will join. I am doing my part by not buying any clothes, kitchen stuffs, jeans, lip glosses, makeup in general, ANYTHING from Temu or Shein, it was hard but I deleted Amazon because home gadgets became too much. I'm overwhelmed sitting amongst so much I spent money on. This junk used to be money in my bank that I converted for all this. I am easily influenced but I hope I will do better this year. Cheers
Start small, ease into it. It's ambitious to do something grand simply because lots of people are posting and discussing #nobuy2025 however we are all on our own journeys. Best of luck to you!
I’m personally tryyng to buy with reason and not just mindlessly. Buying with purpose will be an easy start instead of jumping into a strict no buy. Glad everyone is doing whats best for them. Gotta use up what I have especially art supplies
I've been trying to do an Amazon boycott after experiencing the conditions for peak season for 2 winters in a row. My Mom claimed she was boycotting them too until christmas came, and I saw Amazon branded items. I asked her for reciepts days later and she refused because it inconvenienced her. Although it's Christmas, I felt seriously disappointed in her that she couldn't be honest with me and complained about convenience when it inconveniences the workers having upwards of 150+ stops daily in the cold. I'm planning on donating all of my amazon products she bought me to avoid any more drama without being stuck with items I don't want cluttering my apartment. Trying to get more people to live a more minimalist lifestyle is hard since everyone wants instant gratification.
Amazon has definitely ruined our perception of how shopping has to be (at the expense of their employees of course as you pointed out). I'm sorry you had a disagreement with your mom, she probably tried to resist but it was hard for her because it's Christmas. We all have our shortcomings when it comes down to consumerism. I hope you can continue on with your boycott journey through 2025 as well. It's definitely a journey that comes easier for some than others.
Already looking forward to your future videos, I would love it if you shared your capsule wardrobe and minimal makeup collection! Lots of love from new zealand
Thank you so much!! Yes I currently am working on a few videos to show my closet (this one will take a bit longer to film and edit), make up, and corners of my place. It's comingggg stay tuned
I am super broke so I'm not only not buying any clothing, makeup, or anything frivilous like that, but I've found myself actually couponing for groceries for the first time in my life. 😂 I just moved and am incredibly broke right now - like living off the money I made from my shift yesterday levels of broke - and my goal is to pay off a ticket I owe money still from last year (oops) this month, pay off my credit card next month (I only have one and it's only like $500 but it is admittedly maxed out), and then once my head is above water all of my extra money is for savings. I'm saving to hike the AT and at the rate I'm earning even if I buy nothing but essentials it's probably gonna take me a couple years to save up for. Last year was rough. I was out of work for a bit because I had broken my foot, and I ate through what little savings I had squirreled away while I was healing. Wish me luck getting out of the hole I'm in lol. It's gonna be a rice and beans sorta year, that's for sure.
Thank you for sharing. I'm sorry to hear that. I hope that this year you will be able to get to a comfortable place. With digging yourself out, it takes time and it's also about either decreasing your spending (which you already do) or increasing your income. I was in a similar position when I was in college in 2017 making $8.65/hr and having to pay housing, tuition, everything else being on my own while working two jobs. Back then my grocery budget was no more than $30/month, otherwise I can't afford housing. I am contemplating about making video of those times, but it was really traumatizing so I'm thinking how I can put those emotions into words. I wish the best of luck to you, I can recommend there's other channels on YT that make very informative videos on how to cook meals on $10-15/week. Kind regards,
@@alreadyenough $10-$15 a week? USD? I'd love to see those videos tbh that's crazy in this economy. Thanks for your kind words. It's been rough! I'm making almost $5 less an hour than I was last year. I had to get out of where I was living because I just couldn't stand it anymore (the heat in Phoenix was brutal in 2024, I couldn't stand the idea of being there any longer, I'm a PNW girlie), so to move I took a job with a big corporation outside of my field that paid a lot less just so I could use it to transfer to a better state and have an assured income, but I'm hoping to get back into my field and get back to earning as much as I had been before the whole foot fiasco happened. Fingers crossed, I'll probably be spending all of my time off job searching once my few debts are paid off. I'm just grateful I'm not in as much debt as a lot of the people I've heard testimony from. Knowing there's been people who were in tens of thousands of dollars of credit card debt who managed to make it out gives me a lot of hope.
@@zenleeparadise thank you for sharing a bit of your story. Pheonix heat is no joke! You go outside and just hate everybody and everything for no reason (I lived in Vegas for 5 years, but AZ sun is way more brutal). This lady's channel is VERY HELPFUL !!! Julia Pacheco ruclips.net/video/h0KLCHkTooY/видео.html she posts regularly how to survive on the low budget (wish I saw this type of content when I was a broke college student). Additionally I recommend you can join subreddit called "debtfree" you can anonymously write out your situation (current bills, debt, income) and people are very kind there, they can recommend and advice on climbing out of debt. On Facebook there's a group "female finances" or something like that where women all help each other you'd be shocked to see by reading other people's threads and posts how many people are struggling nowadays
When I travel I send postcards to my friends, and only buy souvenirs for close family and friend, usually edibles or something really typical of that place.
I need to tacke my debt. Went through all my subscriptions and cancelled those I didnt need. Now that Christmas is over, I went over my expenses and realized I need to dine out less and use public transportation more; also, I need stop buying compulsively. I deleted all the shopping apps and will cancel my gym membership as I may undergo surgery soon. I will resume using cash, so I can manage my daily expenses more accurately. I will sell all the items I dont need, I already listed a couple of items. my 2025 goals are: reducing expenses and decluttering ❤.
Realization of all these things is such a great start! I wish you success in achieving your goals and tackling your debt. Thank you so much for sharing
If you want to have at least 1M by retirement your 20’s are the biggest decider. Stay debt free invest in your 401k, IRA and or ROTH IRA 15-25% of your income . If you invest in low risk index funds that follow the stock market in your 20’s to 30’s you can coast into retirement . You have less time than you think to invest for retirement. Avoid debt like the plague☠️☠️☠️☠️ don’t be like 78% of Americans with no emergency fund and deep in debt. Todays social security check for retirees doesn’t even cover rent
Absolutely agree !! Thank you so much for sharing and I second that. From 20-25 I was absolutely brokeee no money to set aside or invest at all, but 25 till now every spare dollar went into those categories. Even though it’s hard to catch up now, it’s still better than having nothing at all. Although I also often wonder how much $1M would be worth in 30 years and whether it’s going to be much
Im on a low buy omg went to walmart why are a dozen of eggs 7 bucks and a 2 piece swim suit for a toddler 18 bucks there was a sweat shirt in december for 10 bucks now it 12 i was like no way what the hell is going on?
The lighting you mean? Yes 😅 it’s because it’s my first video on the channel, and I was too scared to post it but posted anyway, all my other videos aren’t dark
Something i started this year that's right up your alley is when I went to the shops I would repeate the mantra "I own enough, I have enough, I am enough". It helps me not buy unneeded things.
Love this and proud of you!! Keep going
2025 will be "create more" and "consume less"!
YESSSS !! thank you! That includes material things, digital media, content for me. How about you?
I just found your channel. Im quite a bit older. 56. Im on a minimalist journey. It seems like im constantly doing the Swedish death cleaning. I do not want my children stuck with my junk. Thank you for getting this message out to the younger generation! 🎉
Katie thank you so much for commenting! Welcome to my channel. Swedish death cleaning is quite a method and I resorted to it prior to moving states. I subbed to your channel as well, thank you for sharing you life with us!
I unsubscribed from all YT channels that boasted "haul" videos because they were too enabling. I canceled all my auto-pay accounts and deleted all my retail apps. This is a hard start for me but really needed. Consumerism is evil.
That’s a great start! Hard agree. The number of people doing a no buy 2025 challenge is growing exponentially, our strength is in numbers against consumerism
It's hard, and I'm reluctant to cancel my Amazon account, but when I understand my hard-earned money is directly lining the pockets of the very, very rich I feel better! I am reading a novel called The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists, set in Edwardian times, and am sad to realise nothing has changed.
@@feanorian21maglor38 Not only that, but the quality of goods they're selling is so inferior to how it used to be, thus furthering their enrichment. Thank you for book recommendation btw I'll take a look at it. Times change, but people are the same
keep doing it sister lots of love from India. we support you.
Appreciate your comment 🙏🏻🇮🇳
That’s good that the few exceptions are purchases from small local businesses. Realistically sometimes we do need something or have a gift to give, using that as an opportunity to support a local company instead of a mega corporation is way better on so many levels.
Yes I definitely agree. My local senior center had a sale and I HAD TO buy this cute lady's knitted goods because I know it made her day, and my friends/family got knitted mini-blankets and other cute things in their Christmas baskets. I try to go to local farmers markets for sourdough and other consumables. As much as I restrict myself on big box stores, always happy to spend on local businesses.
Something that was a real wake up call for me was i wrote down every item (aside from food, shampoo, consumables etc) that came in and out of my house for 2 entire years. I am a minimalist and don't spend excessively. But i realized i would shop, donate those things, and shop again. This really made me see how consumerist I'd become, and since then I've done so much better about not shopping just for fun.
Thank you for sharing a tip of writing it all out. Even while trying to be cognizant, it can be so easy to fall into consumerism trap. It also took me several years to carefully curate the closet and keep getting rid of things again and again. Thanks for watching 🙌🏻
For the past year and a half I was going crazy with buying stuff I didn’t really need. Got into reading books, started to watch a lot of YT videos with book reviews and then started to pay attention to the collections of books behind youtubers backs. All these haul videos did something to me and I started buying physical books. So in a year and a half a bought ALOT of books using my credit card (I was buying a lot of other stuff, including paying for subscription that I was not really using), at first I was doing pretty good paying off the debt every month, but then it started to be too overwhelming to the point where I stopped paying debt but I didn’t stop spending money. So now I have a debt that is equal to at least 4 full months paychecks that I realistically cannot pay off even in half a year and a bunch of trash and books that I don’t want to own, use or read. So yeah, this is definitely eye opening for me. I was like this most of my life,but I was only spending my own money before, never getting myself into debt. By the end of 2024 I realised that if I don’t stop I’ll ruin my life with this overconsumption. So the goal for 2025 is definitely not wasting money anymore. I know it’s been only 4 days of the year so far but I’m doing much better, I only paid bills and didn’t spend a coin on anything else, even food (bcs I have enough of everything for now) oh and also managed to stop myself from wasting money on mobile game few times in these 4 days 😂 thank you for this video, it definitely helps because its validates my decision to stay away from spending money
Thank you for sharing your experience. First off, hopefully you got overspending off your chest and you have come to a realization that enough is enough. Most people would keep spending and accumulating debt without a thought even crossing their mind that consumerism is bad for them and has long-term consequences on their financial future. I wish you strength to withstand your temptation and step by step pay off your debt and be happy with what you own in 2025 :)
i think it'll be a year where we'll find who we really are outside the things we own, it's not about willpower or discipline i think it's more about exploring and living life outside consuming material things and letting those things consume us
My rules this year are: no purchased clothing (not even thrifted), only buying new tea when a favorite flavor runs out, drinking at least two teas I have but don’t really love per week, no new fabric unless I have used up an entire tote’s worth first, no new candles until the ones I have are gone, and making (and following) a grocery list every single time I go to the store.
That’s is a great list! Good luck 🍀
I like your list. I make grocery lists but NEVER stick to them- stores are so good at making us buy stuff we didn't know we wanted until we saw it! I must do better.
@@feanorian21maglor38 the struggle is real! This is why I’ve added FOLLOWING grocery lists. I never stick to them and it really adds up. Maybe this is the month we both manage it!
@@feanorian21maglor38 They definitely are. A few small tricks to try to avoid getting tricked by them: come shopping on a full stomach, bring only enough cash to pay for items you're planning on buying; try grocery pick up (although I don't like this one because they aren't good at picking fresh produce).
I do feel that the garbage quality and high costs of all items since 2020 are actually making it easier to say no to purchases. 😊
Hard agree! I was just watching clothing hauls from RUclipsrs back in 2018-2018 and the quality of even cheap fast fashion clothes from H&M and forever 21 was so much better. Now it’s just all polyester trash
Yes, planned obsolescence is aggravating. Doing a very low buy year. Clothing is a big one for me to avoid. Emergency funds and vacation funds is big for me to work on saving this year. Also, I bought a planner and accordion file to track and help me with this.
That's a great start! I hope you'll keep going while avoiding temptations. There's so many important things to put money aside for rather than what consumerist culture is trying to sell us
@@alreadyenough Yes, I agree. Doing well, so far. Going over budget now, to take a weekly review. Going to do a roll over if each category and place all left over funds into either emergency funds and maybe another one like vacation ? That way I start fresh each month and lessen the risk of "splurge/impulse shopping".
@@likeargamanflaming940 That's great! this month feels soooo long .. 31 days x_x think of something that makes you really happy, that you know will be worth it. It helps at moments of weakness
@@alreadyenough Thank you for validating that this months feels long. I just did a double take at the length and then you wrote this. So, yes, I'm not crazy, it is a longer month. You are correct in doing something that makes one happy to help avoid the "oops". Be well!!!!
this year was the first time i actually stopped buying more than necessary and just buying what i needed. Mainly cause i lost my housing and don't need extra junk laying around in my car and storage unit. for the first time i waited until i ran out of toothpaste before i bought more 😂 im saving and once i get a place im going to continue this mindset 🙏🏾
I hope that you will be in a position to get a place again and bounce back stronger than ever. I've been in a position of restarting from almost 0 several times and it definitely changes you. I subscribed to your channel :) good luck this year!
@ Thank you so much 🙏🏾 2025 will be my year! 2024 was full of lessons i NEEDED to learn. I'm feeling great , im almost where i need to be. 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Hey, I'm glad you came across my channel and left a comment. I loved checking out your content..it's definitely solid! You brought out some great points and I see why there's so much to relate with. Subbed..keep up the great work!♥
Thank you SO much! It means a lot to me. I love watching your channel as well 💕
Thank you for sharing your perspective and experience! I would've never guessed this was your first video. I'm interested in taking more charge of my spending and indulgence in consumerism this year and you've provided a lot of insights into how to ease into it and the different levels there are to it all which I definitely appreciated hearing!
Julie, thank you for your kind comment. I hope that you can gain momentum in your less spending challenge and that consumerist culture will have no influence over you. Good luck !!
I’m on a no buy too!!! And I’m a smaller creator as well and I am so happy your video popped up!! Subscribed!! 💎xx
Oh heyyy! You know what's interesting is RUclips recommended me two of your videos today and I started binging your content as well :) I subscribed as well let's grow together and support each other in #nobuy
@ no way! That is so cool! I love that!! Yes!! Let’s grow together, we have the best community xx
Great video along with hundreds of others I have seen on the subject of #nobuy2025. Happy to see this movement like you said is gaining momentum and I hope more people will join. I am doing my part by not buying any clothes, kitchen stuffs, jeans, lip glosses, makeup in general, ANYTHING from Temu or Shein, it was hard but I deleted Amazon because home gadgets became too much. I'm overwhelmed sitting amongst so much I spent money on. This junk used to be money in my bank that I converted for all this. I am easily influenced but I hope I will do better this year. Cheers
Start small, ease into it. It's ambitious to do something grand simply because lots of people are posting and discussing #nobuy2025 however we are all on our own journeys. Best of luck to you!
I’m personally tryyng to buy with reason and not just mindlessly. Buying with purpose will be an easy start instead of jumping into a strict no buy. Glad everyone is doing whats best for them. Gotta use up what I have especially art supplies
Yes exactly! Having the reason will definitely help during the moments of weakness too. Ease into it and see how you do. Good luck 🍀
@ thank you good luck to you as well
I've been trying to do an Amazon boycott after experiencing the conditions for peak season for 2 winters in a row. My Mom claimed she was boycotting them too until christmas came, and I saw Amazon branded items. I asked her for reciepts days later and she refused because it inconvenienced her. Although it's Christmas, I felt seriously disappointed in her that she couldn't be honest with me and complained about convenience when it inconveniences the workers having upwards of 150+ stops daily in the cold. I'm planning on donating all of my amazon products she bought me to avoid any more drama without being stuck with items I don't want cluttering my apartment. Trying to get more people to live a more minimalist lifestyle is hard since everyone wants instant gratification.
Amazon has definitely ruined our perception of how shopping has to be (at the expense of their employees of course as you pointed out). I'm sorry you had a disagreement with your mom, she probably tried to resist but it was hard for her because it's Christmas. We all have our shortcomings when it comes down to consumerism. I hope you can continue on with your boycott journey through 2025 as well. It's definitely a journey that comes easier for some than others.
My heart goes out to you. I worked at Walmart for almost a decade and the lack of humanity people have for workers during the holidays is sickening.
Part of my no buy this year is no new video games. I have several that I’m like 75 percent finished with not done.
That's great! finish them first and then reason what you can buy next instead of mindlessly buying up
Already looking forward to your future videos, I would love it if you shared your capsule wardrobe and minimal makeup collection! Lots of love from new zealand
Thank you so much!! Yes I currently am working on a few videos to show my closet (this one will take a bit longer to film and edit), make up, and corners of my place. It's comingggg stay tuned
I am super broke so I'm not only not buying any clothing, makeup, or anything frivilous like that, but I've found myself actually couponing for groceries for the first time in my life. 😂 I just moved and am incredibly broke right now - like living off the money I made from my shift yesterday levels of broke - and my goal is to pay off a ticket I owe money still from last year (oops) this month, pay off my credit card next month (I only have one and it's only like $500 but it is admittedly maxed out), and then once my head is above water all of my extra money is for savings. I'm saving to hike the AT and at the rate I'm earning even if I buy nothing but essentials it's probably gonna take me a couple years to save up for. Last year was rough. I was out of work for a bit because I had broken my foot, and I ate through what little savings I had squirreled away while I was healing. Wish me luck getting out of the hole I'm in lol. It's gonna be a rice and beans sorta year, that's for sure.
Thank you for sharing. I'm sorry to hear that. I hope that this year you will be able to get to a comfortable place. With digging yourself out, it takes time and it's also about either decreasing your spending (which you already do) or increasing your income.
I was in a similar position when I was in college in 2017 making $8.65/hr and having to pay housing, tuition, everything else being on my own while working two jobs. Back then my grocery budget was no more than $30/month, otherwise I can't afford housing. I am contemplating about making video of those times, but it was really traumatizing so I'm thinking how I can put those emotions into words.
I wish the best of luck to you, I can recommend there's other channels on YT that make very informative videos on how to cook meals on $10-15/week.
Kind regards,
@@alreadyenough $10-$15 a week? USD? I'd love to see those videos tbh that's crazy in this economy. Thanks for your kind words. It's been rough! I'm making almost $5 less an hour than I was last year. I had to get out of where I was living because I just couldn't stand it anymore (the heat in Phoenix was brutal in 2024, I couldn't stand the idea of being there any longer, I'm a PNW girlie), so to move I took a job with a big corporation outside of my field that paid a lot less just so I could use it to transfer to a better state and have an assured income, but I'm hoping to get back into my field and get back to earning as much as I had been before the whole foot fiasco happened. Fingers crossed, I'll probably be spending all of my time off job searching once my few debts are paid off. I'm just grateful I'm not in as much debt as a lot of the people I've heard testimony from. Knowing there's been people who were in tens of thousands of dollars of credit card debt who managed to make it out gives me a lot of hope.
@@zenleeparadise thank you for sharing a bit of your story. Pheonix heat is no joke! You go outside and just hate everybody and everything for no reason (I lived in Vegas for 5 years, but AZ sun is way more brutal). This lady's channel is VERY HELPFUL !!! Julia Pacheco ruclips.net/video/h0KLCHkTooY/видео.html she posts regularly how to survive on the low budget (wish I saw this type of content when I was a broke college student). Additionally I recommend you can join subreddit called "debtfree" you can anonymously write out your situation (current bills, debt, income) and people are very kind there, they can recommend and advice on climbing out of debt. On Facebook there's a group "female finances" or something like that where women all help each other you'd be shocked to see by reading other people's threads and posts how many people are struggling nowadays
Yes pay bills and only food
I look forward to your new videos
thank you! will be posting daily or almost daily! :)
You are sooo likeable! Keep going ❤
Aww you are so kind thank you thank you
When I travel I send postcards to my friends, and only buy souvenirs for close family and friend, usually edibles or something really typical of that place.
I need to tacke my debt. Went through all my subscriptions and cancelled those I didnt need. Now that Christmas is over, I went over my expenses and realized I need to dine out less and use public transportation more; also, I need stop buying compulsively. I deleted all the shopping apps and will cancel my gym membership as I may undergo surgery soon. I will resume using cash, so I can manage my daily expenses more accurately. I will sell all the items I dont need, I already listed a couple of items.
my 2025 goals are: reducing expenses and decluttering ❤.
Realization of all these things is such a great start! I wish you success in achieving your goals and tackling your debt. Thank you so much for sharing
It's bright Same here from Switzerland
Im going to the library more just put my self on 2 new books that are best sellers
If you want to have at least 1M by retirement your 20’s are the biggest decider. Stay debt free invest in your 401k, IRA and or ROTH IRA 15-25% of your income . If you invest in low risk index funds that follow the stock market in your 20’s to 30’s you can coast into retirement . You have less time than you think to invest for retirement. Avoid debt like the plague☠️☠️☠️☠️ don’t be like 78% of Americans with no emergency fund and deep in debt. Todays social security check for retirees doesn’t even cover rent
Absolutely agree !! Thank you so much for sharing and I second that. From 20-25 I was absolutely brokeee no money to set aside or invest at all, but 25 till now every spare dollar went into those categories. Even though it’s hard to catch up now, it’s still better than having nothing at all. Although I also often wonder how much $1M would be worth in 30 years and whether it’s going to be much
Why are thrift stores getting soo expensive? Aaagh.
Hard agree! Stores like Goodwill are more expensive now than Walmart. I recommend small local no name thrift stores.
Im on a low buy omg went to walmart why are a dozen of eggs 7 bucks and a 2 piece swim suit for a toddler 18 bucks there was a sweat shirt in december for 10 bucks now it 12 i was like no way what the hell is going on?
Im trying simplyy living
Same here
.....HAULS!! Ohhh, she said 'hauls'. She doesn't want to see everybody's 'hauls'....
Apologies for my accent 😅 and apologies if it sounds like something .. else 🤷♀️😅 context is important 🤣
@@alreadyenough no need to apologize, just a bit of friendly teasing. ☺ I appreciate the message of your video though, keep up the good work.
Nooo more candles soo expensive
Ya no home decore its expensive
Can we see your closet
closet video coming today!
It is so dark.
The lighting you mean? Yes 😅 it’s because it’s my first video on the channel, and I was too scared to post it but posted anyway, all my other videos aren’t dark
Are you Russian?
I’m half Ukrainian half Russian, but was born and raised in Ukraine
@@alreadyenough❤