If one of your 2017 resolutions is to save money, you can take some tips from the blogger of Hellobee. She talks about how she has come out of many retail stores with twice as much stuff as she needed. She also gives a breakdown of how she has been going about fixing her spending and consumption issues. She started by thinking twice about every purchase to make sure it was really necessary. Then, she limited her online spending because it’s just way too easy to hit the “buy” button. Also, she looked more into secondhand sources for supplies.

Key Takeaways:

• I’ve had the goal since the beginning of 2016 to reduce my consumption and addiction to retail spending. I’m not a shopaholic or a hoarder, but I know there is significant room for improvement in my outlook and spending behavior.
• I continued to fill up my shopping cart at Target with items of dubious utility, and I can’t tell you how many times I hit that “order” button on Amazon.
• In 2017 I want to do better, and I work best with concrete goals. So with that in mind, I came up with a twelve-month plan to 1. save money, 2. change my shopping habits, and 3. reduce my desire for material goods.

“I’ve had the goal since the beginning of 2016 to reduce my consumption and addiction to retail spending. I’m not a shopaholic or a hoarder, but I know there is significant room for improvement in my outlook and spending behavior.”

http://www.hellobee.com/2017/01/17/2017-goals-reducing-my-familys-spending-consumption/