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Christmas and Consumption. How To Balance Them?
Stop overspending this Christmas. No matter how much money you make.
We know that the holiday season is a time of overconsumption, with people indulging in rich foods, buying gifts for loved ones, and participating in various holiday activities. While it is natural to want to enjoy the holiday season, overconsumption has negative consequences for your health, your finances, and the environment.
The piles of junk around the world are only getting bigger, and if that is not reason enough to re-evaluate your holiday consumption, think about all the waste. It is estimated that globally we waste about 1.4 billion tons of food every year. Huge amounts of good food, clothes, electronics, and other items are simply discarded, often because we’ve got a new one. Let’s plan better this Christmas and buy only what we need and if you are making presents consider giving more experience than stuff. If you buy stuff try to understand what those people could actually use.
Here are some more tips for staying away from overconsumption during Christmas:
- Set a budget: A no-brainer, but so many of us don’t do it. How many times did you realize at the end of the holidays that you spend way too much than estimated? The problem is that estimate was never written down…
