I Bought NOTHING For a Year; Here Is How It Changed My Lifestyle

Almost four years back, I unconsciously built the mindset that if only I could have the trendiest clothes that models wear, I would look great as well.

Stupid, innocent, or manipulated, I don’t know what should I name that mindset.

However, I am fortunate enough to have a father who is a born minimalist. Since I was a little girl, I have been hearing this from my father ‘It’s not how beautiful one looks but how beautifully one thinks that matters’

My father rarely buys anything new (not even at festivals) even when he earns pretty good money.

Though none of what my father said made sense to me until 2020. In 2020, I started making money on my own. It was the time of Covid-19 when people were getting fired from their jobs and there I was, making money from the comfort of my home. I somehow developed the mindset that if I am working so hard then I must have everything that I want.

Although, I come from a strong family and my parents never really said No to anything I wanted. Yet, I always had one thought in the back of my head that once I start making my own money, I will buy whatever I want, no matter how expensive it is. And, that’s exactly what I did.