Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.

This is a different one for me today called Why I Don't Buy Anything anymore.

I've got to tell you, in the last I would say, maybe two years could even be longer, but let's just say two years.

I have really not purchased much, with the exception of replacements, right?

So if I need a new bra or if I need a new lip gloss or if I need a new pair of sneakers because, you know,

they've run out or they've fallen apart. I need a replacement item. I have purchased very little.

And this is interesting because my husband's love language is gifts and he loves to buy things

for himself and also for me. And even when it's my birthday,

for example, I don't want anything. When we were in Paris last April, he kept saying,

oh, let me get you this, let me get you there. And we went to a couple of really nice stores.

And I said to him very clearly, if I agree to this and I say, yes, this is for you. This actually doesn't

bring me joy or pleasure. Don't get me wrong. I can appreciate something beautiful, but I don't

need to own it. And it's a really interesting shift. It's nothing that I've done consciously,

but I feel like if I can look at something and appreciate it, maybe it's a lovely bag or even

a lovely piece of jewelry, anything, that's enough. I don't need it in my house. I don't need to

possess it. And I have to tell you, it's almost weird and isolating because very few people

can relate to this. But I've got to tell you, this is my non-consumer era. And something in

me tells me this is it. This is here to stay. Yeah, the exception is books. I buy books.

Can they be an exception? So here is what, you know, I've been thinking about this, because I've

mentioned it to a couple of friends and they're like, wow, really? You don't want to buy stuff?

And the reality is this, okay?

I value experiences over stuff, right?

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