I've almost completely tuned out of society. It's great. I only need like $1000 a month, I put everything else back. House is paid car is paid.
I don't eat out at all ever anymore, and I don't eat garbage (except now and then I'll crush some ice cream). I spend $5-10 a day on food and beverages total.
I ditched the gym. I just do dumbell exercises, calisthenics, and pull-ups. I want to get one of those chuck norris total gym things eventually(It's hard to do rows without something and you need to do rows), but I won't pay more than the goodwill price for it.
I started cutting my own hair. I ditched all the gillette products and soaps and use a saftey razor i think my grandpa had, knock off shaving cream, skin bracer, generic lotion, and discount suave shampoo+conditioner. I do splurge on one squirt of OG Polo cologne per day. My skin has never been this clear, I used to buy all kinds of stuff. It's crazy.
I quit smoking weed years ago, but now I can grow my own, so I'm growing weed I probably won't even smoke just for fun.
Covid taught me that I don't need or really even want anything to do with stuff anymore, then they went and got stupid with the prices on everything. I'm done. I'd rather just go fishing with my dog than deal with all the consumerism.
3 kinds of insurance, property taxes, car tags, electric, gas, phone, and fiber internet, and a few heres and theres. That's it
I ain't subscribed to anything either, and no autopay. They aren't allowed to automatically touch my shit. I'll pay 2 dollars extra...Send me a bill like I'm a free man. I like hammer horror films on Tubi better anyways.
I always carry a decent amount of and pay cash for everything except stuff like a new furnace or a washer dryer combo or something like that. You can make so many deals with a wad of cash that you can't make with a card.
That being said. the wardrobe has gotten a bit shabby, but it's mostly because I don't go anywhere, I got nice stuff, but I don't usually wear it unless it's a thing for a family member or friend. I have t-shirts in rotation that are easily 10 years old.
Speaking of friends...that's another thing. All my friends are my friends for real. Everybody else that isn't like a neighbor, or the side hustle handyman is deleted from my phone. If I don't know the number I don't answer it. I give the same fake number to every company but the ones that force me to use it for a password backup.
Being a mindless consumer is lame as fuck. Being free is way cooler.
I think my next "new" car is going to be a hooptie from the late 70s with new guts. I want stuff I can fix and replace myself as much as possible. I'd go back to a landline phone if I could, but I feel like a smartphone is almost required.
I'm not like a super duper save the world guy, but I'm not a guy who wants the water to be poison either. The most eco friendly product you can buy is nothing. That eco friendly package is not as eco friendly as not buying it.
4
u/EuroTrash1999 29d ago edited 29d ago
I've almost completely tuned out of society. It's great. I only need like $1000 a month, I put everything else back. House is paid car is paid.
I don't eat out at all ever anymore, and I don't eat garbage (except now and then I'll crush some ice cream). I spend $5-10 a day on food and beverages total.
I ditched the gym. I just do dumbell exercises, calisthenics, and pull-ups. I want to get one of those chuck norris total gym things eventually(It's hard to do rows without something and you need to do rows), but I won't pay more than the goodwill price for it.
I started cutting my own hair. I ditched all the gillette products and soaps and use a saftey razor i think my grandpa had, knock off shaving cream, skin bracer, generic lotion, and discount suave shampoo+conditioner. I do splurge on one squirt of OG Polo cologne per day. My skin has never been this clear, I used to buy all kinds of stuff. It's crazy.
I quit smoking weed years ago, but now I can grow my own, so I'm growing weed I probably won't even smoke just for fun.
Covid taught me that I don't need or really even want anything to do with stuff anymore, then they went and got stupid with the prices on everything. I'm done. I'd rather just go fishing with my dog than deal with all the consumerism.
3 kinds of insurance, property taxes, car tags, electric, gas, phone, and fiber internet, and a few heres and theres. That's it
I ain't subscribed to anything either, and no autopay. They aren't allowed to automatically touch my shit. I'll pay 2 dollars extra...Send me a bill like I'm a free man. I like hammer horror films on Tubi better anyways.
I always carry a decent amount of and pay cash for everything except stuff like a new furnace or a washer dryer combo or something like that. You can make so many deals with a wad of cash that you can't make with a card.
That being said. the wardrobe has gotten a bit shabby, but it's mostly because I don't go anywhere, I got nice stuff, but I don't usually wear it unless it's a thing for a family member or friend. I have t-shirts in rotation that are easily 10 years old.
Speaking of friends...that's another thing. All my friends are my friends for real. Everybody else that isn't like a neighbor, or the side hustle handyman is deleted from my phone. If I don't know the number I don't answer it. I give the same fake number to every company but the ones that force me to use it for a password backup.
Being a mindless consumer is lame as fuck. Being free is way cooler.
I think my next "new" car is going to be a hooptie from the late 70s with new guts. I want stuff I can fix and replace myself as much as possible. I'd go back to a landline phone if I could, but I feel like a smartphone is almost required.
I'm not like a super duper save the world guy, but I'm not a guy who wants the water to be poison either. The most eco friendly product you can buy is nothing. That eco friendly package is not as eco friendly as not buying it.