tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840706572296442429.post2390381214629004646..comments2023-10-29T09:38:58.821+00:00Comments on For Nine Pounds - An Analogue Blog: The Someoneunist ManifestoIdiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04779802480127180504noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840706572296442429.post-22134695774971780952007-09-06T22:06:00.000+01:002007-09-06T22:06:00.000+01:00See JTM? No-one willing to take up the mantle and ...See JTM? No-one willing to take up the mantle and understandably so. In a consumerist society we're all railroaded into being the way you appear to be - always overstretched even though you can't afford to be (as I'll readily admit to being as well!) That's where the profit is.bennyboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09458929948666472435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840706572296442429.post-16587394830500549972007-09-05T11:34:00.000+01:002007-09-05T11:34:00.000+01:00Crap, I just lost my comment. Oh well - this post...Crap, I just lost my comment. <BR/><BR/>Oh well - this post is so talking to me. I make myself feel better temptorarily by buying unneccssary things which seem important at the time, and my house is filed with STUFF. <BR/><BR/>As always, I/we are financially embarrassed, there's never enough even for necessities and I still spend money on inconsequential things. <BR/><BR/>I read an article about a family in the US who decided to try and buy nothing new for a year and it's a trend that spread worldwide. They buy food and cleanign products etc but nothing unneccessary - they use freecycle, secondhand shops, barter, make thier own presents or give services or favours etc. They reported having so much more money for savings/charity/paying off hte mortgage early/. It terrifies me but it sounds so positive. <BR/><BR/>Would anyone take up hte challenge?Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08988685736635515808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840706572296442429.post-43173098575505732642007-09-05T07:12:00.000+01:002007-09-05T07:12:00.000+01:00It's hard for me to spend money (I can see MW laug...It's hard for me to spend money (I can see MW laughing about that right now!), cause I'm not earning it in the conventional sense (stay at home mom). I think we might go back to the mindset we had when we moved to Ireland, which was for one year, we only bought things that we really *needed*, since we'd be getting rid of things when we moved. It's hard, really really hard, but it was very liberating, since we didn't have crap staring us in the face saying "When you going to use me?!" (like that ball of yarn over there, which needs me to start knitting a sock!)PolkaDothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07760855421957187566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840706572296442429.post-22155499948238595732007-09-05T00:33:00.000+01:002007-09-05T00:33:00.000+01:00Yes when I was self employed and paid an hourly ra...Yes when I was self employed and paid an hourly rate for my services.....consultancy services......it was a good way of reminding myself how much things were worth. When I was salaried the value of things seemed much less to me as the money just appeared in my account.<BR/><BR/>When you earn so much per hour you tend to appreciate how much things cost!aquaashohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16282103430311472327noreply@blogger.com