Comments on: use it up, wear it out, make it do, do without http://learningumbrella.homeschooljournal.net/2008/12/27/use-it-up-wear-it-out-make-it-do-do-without/ The learning adventures of a second generation homeschooler Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:00:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: jove http://learningumbrella.homeschooljournal.net/2008/12/27/use-it-up-wear-it-out-make-it-do-do-without/comment-page-1/#comment-7455 jove Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:08:51 +0000 http://learningumbrella.homeschooljournal.net/2008/12/27/use-it-up-wear-it-out-make-it-do-do-without/#comment-7455 I think just being aware that you could live differently is a big step. Sometimes goals are useful but if you think that a goal like "buy nothing month" might result in you feeling deprived and then going and getting stuff 'just because' afterwards OR that if you bought one thing on the 15th you'd feel like you'd blown it so you might as well give up, I'd say don't do the goal. Just go for being more mindful of what you are buying and why. Just noticing for a while might invoke a more sustainable change. I think just being aware that you could live differently is a big step. Sometimes goals are useful but if you think that a goal like “buy nothing month” might result in you feeling deprived and then going and getting stuff ‘just because’ afterwards OR that if you bought one thing on the 15th you’d feel like you’d blown it so you might as well give up, I’d say don’t do the goal. Just go for being more mindful of what you are buying and why. Just noticing for a while might invoke a more sustainable change.

]]> By: KateinNJ http://learningumbrella.homeschooljournal.net/2008/12/27/use-it-up-wear-it-out-make-it-do-do-without/comment-page-1/#comment-7453 KateinNJ Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:48:43 +0000 http://learningumbrella.homeschooljournal.net/2008/12/27/use-it-up-wear-it-out-make-it-do-do-without/#comment-7453 Use it up,wear it out,make do or do without. I say this weekly if not daily. lol My DH says I grew up in the depression. ;-) Use it up,wear it out,make do or do without.
I say this weekly if not daily. lol
My DH says I grew up in the depression. ;-)

]]> By: Kate http://learningumbrella.homeschooljournal.net/2008/12/27/use-it-up-wear-it-out-make-it-do-do-without/comment-page-1/#comment-7452 Kate Sun, 28 Dec 2008 01:27:23 +0000 http://learningumbrella.homeschooljournal.net/2008/12/27/use-it-up-wear-it-out-make-it-do-do-without/#comment-7452 I had that experience this past week, too. S was able to stop by Ralph's on the way home if needed, but I ended up using up a lot of food and hand making some gifts because I had the time on my hands and couldn't run out for something more "convenient". It felt great to look at what I had and "make it work", as Tim Gunn says. We spent $200 on baby supplies this afternoon (we needed a non-standard crib, and something tells me I'm not going to be able to make do without diapers!), but I certainly could have put the word out about some of what I bought if I'd acted sooner. I do, however, talk myself out of a LOT of purchases these days now that we don't use credit and I thrift shop so much. Full retail just seems incredibly offensive most of the time. I think it would be kind of awesome to make an embroidered sign with that wartime slogan. I have all the stuff for it, anyway :) I had that experience this past week, too. S was able to stop by Ralph’s on the way home if needed, but I ended up using up a lot of food and hand making some gifts because I had the time on my hands and couldn’t run out for something more “convenient”. It felt great to look at what I had and “make it work”, as Tim Gunn says.

We spent $200 on baby supplies this afternoon (we needed a non-standard crib, and something tells me I’m not going to be able to make do without diapers!), but I certainly could have put the word out about some of what I bought if I’d acted sooner. I do, however, talk myself out of a LOT of purchases these days now that we don’t use credit and I thrift shop so much. Full retail just seems incredibly offensive most of the time.

I think it would be kind of awesome to make an embroidered sign with that wartime slogan. I have all the stuff for it, anyway :)

]]> By: Andrea http://learningumbrella.homeschooljournal.net/2008/12/27/use-it-up-wear-it-out-make-it-do-do-without/comment-page-1/#comment-7448 Andrea Sat, 27 Dec 2008 12:47:27 +0000 http://learningumbrella.homeschooljournal.net/2008/12/27/use-it-up-wear-it-out-make-it-do-do-without/#comment-7448 Both Ron I were raised on that philosophy, and "make do" quite a bit. :D We're cheap, and we really don't like buying new unless we really *really* have to. Both Ron I were raised on that philosophy, and “make do” quite a bit. :D We’re cheap, and we really don’t like buying new unless we really *really* have to.

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