
Hello everyone. I hope you are all staying healthy and safe.
For the fifth Doing More with Our Money blog post, we are going to talk about Repairing instead of just buying a replacement, and where-ever possible, DIY – Do It Yourself or DIM – Do It Myself!
In today’s Western society, a lot of the goods we purchase have relatively short lives with many practically being disposable. Gone are the days where a washing machine would last 30 years!
Combine that with the fact that we have been trained to consume more and more products and services. We even get a dopamine high when shopping! I shudder when I hear someone say they are going to the mall for some ‘retail therapy’.
Your gloves have a hole in them? Get a new pair. Your TV stops working, just buy a new one. Your car needs maintenance, bring it to the shop!
These three examples came up for me recently. I challenged myself NOT to go the easiest (and more expensive) route. My goal was to repair instead of replace and DIM! It is possible the acronym for ‘Do It Myself’ is more relevant to me than I would care to admit though…
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