What I didn't buy

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This thread is a nod to anti-consumerism.

Every day we are bombarded by thousands of advertisements and hundreds of opportunities to make a purchase. Many of us are manipulated neuromarketing to buy what we do not need, what we believe will increase the value of our life but ultimately is a temporary high. This is a support thread where you can post about your experiences in mindfulness of resisting purchases.

Post what you didn't buy.

I am reading on a lot of neuromarketing so I'm going to give you the why's and analysis as to why I was tempted to buy/ what advertising techniques I think were being used to motivate me into a purchase.

With support and awareness we can all resist mindless purchases.
 
Last night
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It was late. I was tired. But I was on my phone, on Amazon.

What was I doing there? Browsing. Putting items on my wishlist and in my shopping cart only to delete them minutes later.

The first rabbit hole I went down was vitamins. I had researched the supplements I currently take and realized they were less than ideal. I found better products and was eager to buy them.

Then, I was looking at natural gums. I had read that chewing certain types of gums can help to clean your teeth. I'm concerned about my teeth health, so I was looking for gum better than what's at Walmart.

What was I looking for with vitamins and gum?

Health.

I wanted to buy good health.

But if I didn't have better vitamins, did that mean taking the vitamins I currently had would detract from my health?

If I didn't have natural gum to clean my teeth, did that mean my teeth would rot and fall out?

The reality was obvious: neither of these things are actually necessary. Yet as a consumer, I was convinced they were, and that I needed them.
 
Last night
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Back to Amazon. Again.

I like to look at the essential oils. I want the campfire smelling one and the vanilla one. I want to master my environment, control how everything looks, smells and feels.

But that won't make me happy. So I don't buy them.

This morning I look at the stevia coffee syrups. I want fun new coffee! I want pleasure and dopamine.

But that won't make my content.

I don't buy any of it.
 
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