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The Deadly Sins of Personal Finance

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you let yourself turn to consumerism excessively, you’ll likely become indebted. Whether you’re being impulsive with a magazine in the checkout line at the superstore, or impulsively calling in to buy a $300 blender from a 3:00 AM infomercial, nothing good can come of financial impulsiveness. Consumerism.

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On Environmentalism Becoming Consumerism

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

In fact, buying yet another gadget made in China is worse than burning that paper. Environmentalism and sustainable living isn’t about buying a product to make yourself more green or friendly to nature. Buy solidly made goods that will last a long time, can be reused for other purposes, or can be rebuilt when broken.