slow shopping

It has become entirely too easy to buy anything with just a few key strokes. As part of my #YearOfIntentionalLiving project I am challenging myself to go 30 days with out online shopping.

Yes, no online shopping of any sort.

This will truly be a challenge for me because I order a lot of our groceries online, diapers and other essentials online. I mean really it’s so easy to just have everything sent straight to my house rather than heading to the shops but I also wonder is it too easy? Just today I made two Amazon orders without even thinking twice. That right there is enough for me to say, yes this is what you need. 

So for the next 30 days I will go without ordering:

• food.
• take-out.
• clothes.
• books.
• anything off amazon.
• basically anything. 

This is not a buy nothing challenge. This challenge is about shopping a little bit slower, more locally and with more intention.

Goal:

• Spend Less.
• Save More.
• Create less waste. 
• Be a more mindful consumer.
• Have more time for personal goals and passions.

I’m curious how we will feel after this month. 

How will I feel? Empowered? Frustrated? Exhausted?

Will we see more cash in our bank account? 

Will our trash & recycle be smaller?

Will we come to find we really don’t need as much as we think?