Sometimes shopping makes me feel like a bad person. I find myself thinking over and over, “I want that!” But I know as a Christian that stuff doesn’t matter and I shouldn’t covet it! That’s why when I come across people doing crazy things to fight consumerism and materialism I am so impressed.
Check out Goodbyewafflemaker.com for a prime example. Megan Deal is a student selling everything she owns. Whatever doesn’t sell goes to charity and the money she makes will help cover her living expenses for the next 14 months as she participates in a design program developing sustainable housing in Alabama. You can buy her items for as little as a penny!
Another example is this Washington woman who wore the same homemade brown dress every day for a year. She has since moved on to recycling everything she owns to create a wardrobe. She did buy a pair of hiking boots last summer though, she admits.
What do you think of these attempts to live more simply, and less commercially. Could you do it? I will say that in the past two years I have had two yard sales and sold a bunch of stuff on Craigslist, yet I still feel like I’m swimming in stuff– especially stuff that I don’t use or need. Do you ever feel like that?