We are getting ready for our Buy Nothing Month challenge which starts at the weekend. For the whole of November we won’t be spending any money and I am already pining the chocolate!
I am actually looking forward to the clarity that a month of non-spending brings. The last couple of years I have found the challenge quite liberating in many ways. It really helps me to separate the wheat from the chaff – my needs as opposed to wants.
Am slightly concerned about food and ensuring that we all get enough nutrients – we will be getting a weekly seasonal veg box, which will also contain milk, eggs and butter so we should be fine. Last year, we got by on a veg box every week and used up all the store cupboard items.
So some of the things we won’t be buying in November are:
Books – one of my real weaknesses!
Newspapers
Clothes – no tempting trips to the charity shop!
Entertainment – trips out or DVDs from the library
Food items apart from a £20 veg box and a few dairy items
Toys and gifts – we’ll make them instead
Travel expenses – we’ll be cycling and walking most places
and so on.
Fancy joining us in a bid to spend a month spending nothing? Let us know!
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Am enjoying the Ringing Cedars series at the moment. Written by Vladimir Megré, these insightful books tell the story of a incredible woman called Anastasia, living in the Siberian forest in Russia without any of the trappings of modern life.
Anastasia was born in the forest and lives surrounded by nature without any need for ‘stuff’. She survives on fruit, nuts, berries and mushrooms, brought to her by wild animals in the forest. She has no need for shelter or warm clothes but lives in perfect harmony with the world around her.
These books are starting to change the lives of many who have read them and have inspired much creativity. Since I read the first book – Anastasia – I have noticed an increase in co-incidences and chance meetings that have opened up new possibilities in my life. I have literally bumped into people that are reading the series and life seems to have more synchronicity. I have just read the third book, The Space of Love, in which Anastasia shares her beliefs around raising and caring for children. She explains that the space of love begins with the mother’s womb and that babies need none of the synthetic apparatus designed for them by Western society. She talks about how our attitude towards our children in the most important guide. About how opening our hearts is the way to raise healthy, happy beings who are capable of realising their full potential.
I’m looking forward to exploring these ideas and concepts in greater depth as the series progresses. Have you read these books? Share your thoughts here. I’d love to hear from you.
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