My Idea For Reducing My Own Consumption

**Princess Kae-Leah** · 08-07-2015, 07:31 PM

I've had this idea for keeping track of and reducing my consumption by trying to limit myself to buying 100 new items per year. In a Word document I will list what I buy, the country where each item was manufactured and what it's made of(plastic, fabric, wood, whatever). This will NOT include:
*food
*personal care products
*used stuff from thrift stores etc.
*toys bought to donate to Toys For Tots
*gifts bought for others

I'm hoping by doing this I could:
*save money
*lower my environmental footprint by reducing what I consume
*be more conscious about what I buy, buying only things that I truly need or reaallllyyy want bad

**RastaMer** · 08-08-2015, 01:30 PM

This is amazing! The world needs more environmentally conscious people like you. Have you considered using excel versus word? I personally love excel for tracking data and budgeting over time.