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[...] How to not buy...David Sedaris, and the stuff we do and don't buy ourselves By: Merlin Mann (8 replies) May 5, 2006 - 7:04am |
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[…] How to not buy stuff Since I’ll be preaching this month on escaping debt, this post at 43 Folders caught my eye (I came across it through Lifehacker, one of my very favorite blogs.) The idea is to satisfy your desire to acquire by making lists of stuff you think you want to buy, and then just park the list somewhere. Your list might be a simple .txt file or it might be a wish-list at Amazon. Hopefully just making the list will satisfy the urge and you won’t need to buy. In fact, in a few months you might be surprised at the silly stuff you listed. As the post says, it wouldn’t cost anything to try it. […]