100 More Reasons To Be a Non-Consumer!

In addition to this blog, I also run a companion Non-Consumer Advocate Facebook group, which is currently hovering around 79,000 members. New prospective members have to answer a simple question, which helps to weed out the ever present spammers. The answers are always interesting, so I’ve started saving them to share in blog posts. 

1. Educating yourself is always a good thing.

2. I enjoy Katy’s blog. I don’t buy new. thrifty to the max!

3. I want to learn how I can enhance my current efforts as a conscious consumer with a frugal focus.

4. Save.

5. I want to be a better steward of my money.

6. I am trying to get out of the cycle of consumerism.

7. I’m drowning in stuff! It’s suffocating me!

8. More frugal tips.

9. Enjoy the blog for many years.

10. I want to save money.

11. I’m a social worker …with a social worker salary…nuff said lol.

12. I read the Year of Less. I am trying to live this way.

13. Appreciate ideas to stay motivated, inspired to refrain from non-essential buying.

14. I am semi retired and need to find a way to save money.

15. I am a widow and live alone. This type of making ends meet appeals to me.

16. Trying to retire. Need to save money and be more consumer conscious.

17. Tired of contributing to big corporations.

18. For inspiration to reduce my negative impact on our planet.

19. I live remotely and have sort of a forced non-consumption life which I increasingly embrace. I love the simplicity, the frugality, and the peace of this life, and want to be on this journey with others who are like-minded.

20. To be frugal, zero waste.

21. Trying to be more frugal.

22. It only makes sense!

23. To get ideas on how to support sustainability.

24. I am retired trying to survive this inflation.

25. I’d like to learn unique ways to spend less and have more.

26. Save money.

27. I read your blog!

28. Learn to spend less in 2025.

29. I have gone into early retirement due to macular degeneration and need to save as much as possible.

30. I would like to live a more mindful and minimalist life.

31. Retired and needing to build an emergency fund. Also have way too much stuff. Also I don’t want my 3 sons to have to worry about my stuff when Jesus calls me home.

32. Looking to save money this year!!

33. I just have too much stuff and feel bad about it.

34. To be with like minded people.

35. To spare our environment. I believe less is more and can be applied to many parts of our lives.

36. I used to live frugally but recently, I have been buying stuff. I need to go on a money diet!

37. Save money.

38. I want to learn how to be frugal. I know there are a lot of ideas out there. Some I can do. Some I can’t.

39. We want to without and use what we have.

40. I’m trying to make fewer purchases and generally consume less in 2025.

41. I have always been frugal and am a huge advocate of using up and/or repairing items in my possession. I am also a huge recycler and recycle probably 90% of my trash.

42. Ideas on how to save money.

43. I’d like to be more thoughtful about the things I own. I’m good with my hands and enjoy fixing and refinishing furniture.

44. I’m always looking for ways to live more with less!

45. Want to stop spending needlessly!

46. I don’t want to give big corporations any more money. I’m looking for new ways to live a more frugal life.

47. Save money.

48. Going thru a divorce, will rely on 1 income.

49. I like great ideas on saving and i have a friend who mentioned she likes the page and ideas.

50. I like to live simply.

51. I’ve read your blog on your website for a while. Decided to join the FB group.

52. I’m always looking for ways to save money!

53. Learn frugal tips.

54. Wanting to learn more ways to save, make repairs and repurpose.

55. Heading into retirement.

56. Recently disabled. I need to step up my decent thrift game to an extreme thrift game in order to survive. ASAP

57. I’m interested in saving and reusing stuff instead of buying more.

58. In this day and age I need to learn how to be more frugal.

59. Minimize wastefulness.

60. Like to learn how to save.

61. Get inspired to use the things that I have, and to not buy so many unnecessary items and things that I don’t need.

62. As much as possible, I want to repair, reuse and recycle.

63. I want to make more of an effort to buy less, recycle more, and reduce my carbon footprint.

64. Trying to cut down on unnecessary trying to cut down on spending and learn some tips on saving.

65. Learn.

66. Keeping with my already non-consumer lifestyle, I look forward to other’s ideas.

67. Trying to be more intentional about what I allow into my living space so I have only things I need, use, and/or love.

68. As retirees living in a rural area, we find we need to make do with what we have, as money is limited and trip to a city is 75 minutes.

69. I’d like to practice frugality and ways to free ourselves from grasps of consumerism. im partnering up with a friend for a minimal spend 2025.

70. Because I grew up with parents who lived through the Depression and my mom’s philosophy was, “use it up, wear it out, make it do, or go without.” I even had an aunt who taught me to save breadwrappers, cut them into strips and then use them to crochet rugs. I always loved her Wonder bread rug in front of her kitchen sink. <– I wish I could see this!

71. The peace of not wanting things.

72. Have always loved the premise of “Ditching it to the man” since the early 1970’s …late 1960’s.

73. I have been working on minimalism having a smaller carbon foot print and saving money. This seems like it may be a good fit!

74. I want to get better at saving money and learn how to use what I have instead of buying more.

75. I need to save!

76. I read a post and thought I’d fit right in 🙂

77. I don’t want to add to all the damage consumerism does to us and Earth. Plus, I have adopted some helpful habits which I can share with the group.

78. I would love to start a zero waste group in ocean county.

79. Can’t find companies that align with my values anyways so I’d rather just not consume than give money to them.

80. I’d like to learn as much from others as possible. Thank you!

81. My husband and I keep things forever. We prefer to repair rather than replace.

82. To learn different opportunities.

83. To learn how to repair, mend, fix, reuse items. Under consumption.

84. I am looking to simplify my life to better focus on people I love versus things I have.

85. I’ve been following your blog for a long time and am thankful for the reminders that we don’t have to spend a lot to live well.

86. Trying to reduce my carbon footprint.

87. To learn and share ideas on living a less consumer-driven life.

88. I am a non consumer.

89. I have always been frugal. I drive it till the wheels fall off.

90. I love to save money and I am very frugal.

91. I would like to learn how others live frugally.

92. I’m looking for more ways to save money and to buy less.

93. To learn how to be a non-consuming citizen for the next four years.

94. I am in the process of decluttering and want to maintain a minimalist lifestyle.

95. I am very interested in sharing with others idea and thoughts associated with less consumerism. I have become committed to reducing my use of plastic.

96. To help the planet.

97. I’d like to save money.

98. I was raised to be frugal. it’s in my genes.

99. On a fixed income like so many others here. I have always been frugal but find that I have to cut back even more.

100. Recently retired…looking to be more frugal.

Katy Wolk-Stanley

“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.”

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