你敢一年不買東西嗎? 英國一女子做到了!
A woman has saved tens of thousands of dollars after she vowed to buy nothing for a whole year.
一名女子在發誓一整年不買任何東西之後,省下了好幾萬美元。It may sound extreme, but caught up in a consumerist society, Michelle McGagh thought it would change her relationship with money forever.
這聽起來可能有些極端,但身處這樣的消費主義社會,米歇爾·麥加認為這段經歷將永遠改變她的與金錢的關係。The personal financial journalist became a minimalist, and stopped cluttering her house with possessions and making unnecessary purchases. Now she is about $27,000 better off for it.
這位財經記者現在已經成為了一名極簡主義者,她不再買雜七雜八的東西,然後亂糟糟地堆在家裏,也不再進行任何不必要的消費。而今她已經由此存下了2.7萬美元了。
The Londoner wrote in the Telegraph it was a mortgage she took out on a home in 2013 that led her to think more about her spending.
這位倫敦市民在《每日電訊》上寫道,2013年為了借錢買房子,她借了抵押貸款,從那時她開始注意起自己的日常花銷。Looking into minimalism on American websites, she stumbled across Buy Nothing Day, a time when people are urged to avoid shopping for a day. She then wondered if she could attempt to buy nothing for a year.
在美國網站瀏覽到極簡主義時,米歇爾偶然發現了“什麼都不買日”——在這天,人們會竭力不買任何東西。於是她開始思索自己是否可以一年都不買東西。"Spending nothing for a whole year would do wonders for my wallet and stop me from refilling my empty shelves with more possessions," she wrote.
她寫道:“一整年都不買東西真的很神奇,不僅我的錢包變得充裕了,我本人也不再用買任何東西來填我的空架子了。”"It sounds extreme, but I'd set myself budgets and spending plans in the past and they'd always fallen by the wayside on my next night out."
“雖然這聽起來很極端,在以前我總會給自己制定預算和支出計劃,但是這些計劃往往會在第二天就半途而廢。”McGagh would pay for necessities — her mortgage, bills, insurance and charity donations. That all equated to about $2,200 a month.
日常的必需品,如抵押貸款、票據、保險金和慈善捐款,麥加還是會付錢的,這相當於每月約2200美元。She'd then spend money on toiletries, cleaning products and groceries. Her food budget was only about $45 a week and she would cook in bulk so meals would last.
當然她也會在化粧品、洗滌用品、食品上花錢。她每週的食物預算只有45美元,為此她會選擇自己多做些飯,以此使預算之內三餐正常供應。"That meant no cinema trips, no nights in the pub, no takeaways or restaurant meals, no new clothes, no holidays, no gym memberships, not even a KitKat or cheeky cheesecake from the supermarket. And certainly no flat whites."
“這意味着不能去看電影,晚上不能去泡酒吧,不能吃外賣或者去餐廳吃飯,沒有新衣服,沒有假期,沒有健身房的會員卡,甚至連從超市買一個奇巧巧克力或者厚芝士蛋糕都不行,當然也沒有卡布奇諾。”McGagh did not spend money on transport and began riding her bike from A to B and she refused friends and family who wanted to buy her things.
麥加沒有交通預算,她開始騎着自行車從一處到另一處,她也會拒絕想買東西給她的家人和朋友。