7/21/09

Re-Programming













My immediate future may include a period of un/underemployment beginning in September. I've been looking at my spending habits to see where I can reduce expenses and I'm fairly pleased that there is not too much to cut. By design and by luck, I've been gradually becoming more frugal and self-sufficient.

However, I still go into consumer automaton mode: consumaton

In order to break out of consumaton programming, I brainstormed a list of words I can use to replace "buy", "purchase" and "shop". My plan is to see if the other words/actions are a good substitute before heading to a store or restaurant.

Here's my list:

Barter
Scrap
Grow
Construct
Make
Repurpose
Borrow
Trade
Do Without
Cook
Brew
Forage

If you've got any more I'd love to add them to my list.

2 comments:

George Nemeth said...

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Lustfelt 4 My Rustbelt said...

George, that's a great one. Thank you for adding to the list.