Create a New Forum Admin Login Member Login Contribute to Voyager Search VoyForums Help Desk VoyForums Exchange VoyForums Directory/Categories VoyForums Homepage VoyForums News FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

[ Show ]

Support VoyForums

[ Shrink ]

VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, [2], 3, 4 ]

Subject: Buy Nothing Day Author: Ned [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 10:34:28 11/26/07 Mon Shop Less, Live More! The anarchist, anti-consumerist spirits behind Buy Nothing Day can't seem to agree on a date - so let's make every day - or as many days as possible - our own personal Buy Nothing Days! Christmas (and Chanukah) without the frenzy of consumption? How can it be? Imagine! As Reverend Billy asks, "What would Jesus buy?" Jesus was the man, remember, who threw the money changers out of the temple! When you are dead, it is unlikely that anyone will remember what you gave them as a holiday gift in 2007. They'll remember the time you spent with them, the attention you paid, the sympathy you felt, the joy you shared, the ideas you exchanged, the love you created. You can't buy any of that at the Mall, but it's the only thing that lasts. Instead of spending four hours shopping, spend those four hours with people you love, affirming your connection with them, listening to their hopes and dreams and sharing your own. Sing with them, dance with them, laugh with them, cry with them. That is the great gift - the gift of the heart - which is the only meaningful one you have to give. How can you shop (much) less and still survive? Read this or this or this Watch this or this or this Or, just google "Buy Nothing Day" and make your own list! If you need to shop - and I know I do - keep it to a minimum. and make every purchase count. Look here for a way to buy and give at the same time. Or here. America is filled with "self-storage units" - places for people who already have too much stuff to fit in their homes, attics, cellars garages and barns, to put other stuff they don't really need, but can't let go of! Most of the people for whom you would buy things suffer from that same problem. Joy is not in things - it is in us. What would it be like if we thought of that, and gave from that place? Shop less and live more! [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]