On Contentment: How to Have A Low-Buy Year

💙 A simple plan to save your wallet and the planet in 2025. Let's under-consume (for once) and over experience.

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Tea + Toast = Contentment

"How easily bread and water can become tea and toast."—Unknown

Ready for a Low-Buy Year, Seasonalist-Style?

The Seasonalist is about the joyful anticipation of seasonal living—getting things on the calendar, looking forward to them, and experiencing them. That includes music, books, food, games, experiences, crafts, and movies.

What the Seasonalist is not: an aesthetic, a decor blog, or a consumerist place. I want everyone to love their lives, without all the stuff. I’m not saying I don’t have seasonal items. I do. I have lots of clothes, and my sneaker game is unmatched. But after seeing so much seasonal YUCK (junk) over the last few months on social media and in the stores—my challenge is Can We Live an Awesome Seasonal Life in 2025—without the shopping and the environmental impact? Not to mention—let’s all save some money and use that for travel and experiences instead.

The No Buy Year and the Low Buy Year are buzzing around the Internet. I can already tell you that a No Buy Year won’t work. We need things, and sometimes, we want things. But can we LIMIT our shopping and mindfully consume instead? The answer is absolutely.

I’ve created a short, actionable program for 2025 that I am going to follow to the best of my ability with updates throughout the year.

The Seasonalist’s Guide to a Low-Buy Year