Anne‑Marie Alcántara

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385 appearances 7 recordings 1 series first heard Dec 2023 last heard Feb 2025

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · Some Americans Are Vowing to Buy Less or Even Nothing This Year · 31 Jan 2025 podcast

Let it sit in the cart, let it sit in a notes app, let it sit wherever it needs to sit and really consider a few days from now, like, do I actually want that?

Or was that mindless scrolling, mindless shopping or a temptation to keep up with a trend that you actually don't really need to do?

Sort of remembering to not keep up with the Joneses, as they say.

That seems to be a resonating theme that kept coming up in these calls is especially with social media.

So many people feel compelled to buy or keep up with certain trends and things they need to have in their cars or lives and trying to do a no buy or even considering a buy less year.

People start to realize I have everything I need.

for the most part, and can focus on saving or just buying stuff when I need it, like truly need it.

That's a mindset that a lot of us can learn from.

Even if you're not on social media, there's always a temptation to buy something in bulk from a retailer or, oh, this is on sale.

Let me just get it anyways.

I'll probably need it someday.

And this can limit that mindset a bit.

I feel like naturally with all my stories, as I report them out, I become too close to them a bit sometimes.

I did sort of start embracing it myself as well.

I got a coupon for this sale.

Do I need to use the coupon?

I don't need to.

Just because I'm getting money off doesn't mean I need to buy something.

And it's

been helpful.

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