你敢一年不买东西吗? 英国一女子做到了!
A woman has saved tens of thousands of dollars after she vowed to buy nothing for a whole year.
一名女子在发誓一整年不买任何东西之后,省下了好几万美元。It may sound extreme, but caught up in a consumerist society, Michelle McGagh thought it would change her relationship with money forever.
这听起来可能有些极端,但身处这样的消费主义社会,米歇尔·麦加认为这段经历将永远改变她的与金钱的关系。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.
这位财经记者现在已经成为了一名极简主义者,她不再买杂七杂八的东西,然后乱糟糟地堆在家里,也不再进行任何不必要的消费。而今她已经由此存下了2.7万美元了。
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.
这位伦敦市民在《每日电讯》上写道,2013年为了借钱买房子,她借了抵押贷款,从那时她开始注意起自己的日常花销。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.
在美国网站浏览到极简主义时,米歇尔偶然发现了“什么都不买日”——在这天,人们会竭力不买任何东西。于是她开始思索自己是否可以一年都不买东西。"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.
她写道:“一整年都不买东西真的很神奇,不仅我的钱包变得充裕了,我本人也不再用买任何东西来填我的空架子了。”"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."
“虽然这听起来很极端,在以前我总会给自己制定预算和支出计划,但是这些计划往往会在第二天就半途而废。”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,如抵押贷款、票据、保险金和慈善捐款,麦加还是会付钱的,这相当于每月约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.
当然她也会在化妆品、洗涤用品、食品上花钱。她每周的食物预算只有45美元,为此她会选择自己多做些饭,以此使预算之内三餐正常供应。"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."
“这意味着不能去看电影,晚上不能去泡酒吧,不能吃外卖或者去餐厅吃饭,没有新衣服,没有假期,没有健身房的会员卡,甚至连从超市买一个奇巧巧克力或者厚芝士蛋糕都不行,当然也没有卡布奇诺。”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.
麦加没有交通预算,她开始骑着自行车从一处到另一处,她也会拒绝想买东西给她的家人和朋友。