Consumption Diary #4
A key part of this challenge is to record a weekly consumption diary. This will both hold me accountable to readers of this blog, and will allow me to think about my consumption habits.
As a reminder:
Exempt items are those classes of goods that I am allowed to purchase new, such as food and cleaning supplies.
Watched items are items that I am allowed to purchase, but that I would like to cut back on. Examples include travel and certain productivity softwares. I will also always include a justification for these items.
Restricted items are items I am not allowed to buy new.
Finally, I will also record the goods I have sold or donated.
Physical EXEMPT Items Purchased
$1, Corn Nuts
$10, oatmeal and some mazapan from a bodega
$4, a cold brew coffee from a gas station
$25, groceries (most importantly, with coffee grounds, to prevent such spending as above)
Digital EXEMPT Items Purchased
Physical WATCHED Items Purchased
Digital WATCHED Items Purchased
RESTRICTED Items Purchased
These were not purchased by myself, but my mother bought me a new laptop stand and leave-in conditioner for Christmas. A laptop stand, obviously, is on the restrict list, being a physical object I could ostensibly get new. I hope that the readers of this challenge may forgive me for not dragging my mother into these silly consumption games.
Items Sold or Donated.
FINAL THOUGHTS.
One of my calmest weeks yet from a consumption perspective. Nothing big to record. Check out some of my essays published this week if you haven’t had a chance: How Cheap it is to Be Rich, Why is purchase pleasure? (Part 2), Sargable and Non-Sargable Desires.