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Let’s talk about "shopping" for today’s eco tip.
Excessive shopping can impact the environment terriblly. Countless products are manufactured and discarded after being used for just a few years or even months. These items may exist longer than your lifetime. We must be more cautious in choosing what to buy.
First clarify WHY do you want to buy things other than necessities?
💡Because of boredom / bad mood
💡Because some of your favorite celebrities own a certain item, you think if we have the same item, you can live their lives
💡Want to show social status
💡Reward yourself
💡Because everyone has it
We are all human beings, a shiny new item can give you a feeling of excitement, which can last for a few hours, maybe a few days, but soon you will get bored with it, and then you need something new again to fill the void.
The way to break the loop is to pursue a higher level of life purposes.
Stay calm while shopping, build stronger self-esteem, walk into nature are great ways to reduce material desire. In the book "A Life Less Throwaway: The Lost Art of Buying for Life", says that if you don't have time to visit nature, it’s also great to watch nature documentaries.
When you feel fulfilled and grateful, you don’t need more material things to fill your heart.
Amelia
🌾Go to http://drawingearthaction.com for more eco tips!
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Excessive shopping can impact the environment terriblly. Countless products are manufactured and discarded after being used for just a few years or even months. These items may exist longer than your lifetime. We must be more cautious in choosing what to buy.
First clarify WHY do you want to buy things other than necessities?
💡Because of boredom / bad mood
💡Because some of your favorite celebrities own a certain item, you think if we have the same item, you can live their lives
💡Want to show social status
💡Reward yourself
💡Because everyone has it
We are all human beings, a shiny new item can give you a feeling of excitement, which can last for a few hours, maybe a few days, but soon you will get bored with it, and then you need something new again to fill the void.
The way to break the loop is to pursue a higher level of life purposes.
Stay calm while shopping, build stronger self-esteem, walk into nature are great ways to reduce material desire. In the book "A Life Less Throwaway: The Lost Art of Buying for Life", says that if you don't have time to visit nature, it’s also great to watch nature documentaries.
When you feel fulfilled and grateful, you don’t need more material things to fill your heart.
Amelia
🌾Go to http://drawingearthaction.com for more eco tips!
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今天的愛地球小撇步，來談談「購物」
過度購物造成資源浪費，無數的商品被製造出來，被使用了幾年或甚至數月就被丟棄，這些物品也許會存在地球上比你的一生更久的時間，在物品容易取得的現代，我們必須謹慎的選擇購買的物件。
「先釐清為什麼想購買必需品以外的東西？」
💡因為無聊或心情不好
💡因為崇拜或羨慕的人擁有某物，我們暗自希望擁有一樣的物品，可以讓我們有更好的人生
💡想用物品展現社會地位
💡獎勵自己
💡因為大家都有，所以隨波逐流
這是人之常情，消費的確給你興奮的感覺，能持續幾個小時、也許幾天。然而很快你又會習慣此物的存在，然後再度追求新物品帶來的快感。
打破迴圈的辦法，是追求更高層次的人生目標。
冷靜思考購物的動機、提高自我認同、走入大自然都是很棒的降物慾方法！在《精準購買》一書中提到若沒時間走訪大自然，觀看生態紀錄片也有很棒的降物慾效果。
當你感到富足、內心充滿感恩，就不需要更多的物質來填滿心靈。
身外之物終究是帶不走的雲煙，只有溫暖回憶和好的意念會常駐心中。
Amelia 春語
（話說，我覺得等待最實用，兩個月後通常我就不想要夢幻逸品了哈。）
推薦書單 《精準購買：比「斷捨離」更極簡、永續的究極之道》
-
和一些插畫家參與了#drawingearthaction 活動，謝謝插畫家 Cinyee 的邀請。
可以到 http://drawingearthaction.com 看更多地球永續插畫。
過度購物造成資源浪費，無數的商品被製造出來，被使用了幾年或甚至數月就被丟棄，這些物品也許會存在地球上比你的一生更久的時間，在物品容易取得的現代，我們必須謹慎的選擇購買的物件。
「先釐清為什麼想購買必需品以外的東西？」
💡因為無聊或心情不好
💡因為崇拜或羨慕的人擁有某物，我們暗自希望擁有一樣的物品，可以讓我們有更好的人生
💡想用物品展現社會地位
💡獎勵自己
💡因為大家都有，所以隨波逐流
這是人之常情，消費的確給你興奮的感覺，能持續幾個小時、也許幾天。然而很快你又會習慣此物的存在，然後再度追求新物品帶來的快感。
打破迴圈的辦法，是追求更高層次的人生目標。
冷靜思考購物的動機、提高自我認同、走入大自然都是很棒的降物慾方法！在《精準購買》一書中提到若沒時間走訪大自然，觀看生態紀錄片也有很棒的降物慾效果。
當你感到富足、內心充滿感恩，就不需要更多的物質來填滿心靈。
身外之物終究是帶不走的雲煙，只有溫暖回憶和好的意念會常駐心中。
Amelia 春語
（話說，我覺得等待最實用，兩個月後通常我就不想要夢幻逸品了哈。）
推薦書單 《精準購買：比「斷捨離」更極簡、永續的究極之道》
-
和一些插畫家參與了#drawingearthaction 活動，謝謝插畫家 Cinyee 的邀請。
可以到 http://drawingearthaction.com 看更多地球永續插畫。
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