50 Things I'm Not Buying in 2022

Over the years, we’ve made some major changes to our shopping habits to decrease our environmental impact, but also to help our wallets. Some of these items we may have never even began purchasing in the first place, but maybe grew up using. Between inflation, the cost of living, gas prices, bills, student loans, I mean you name it, we’ve learned to cut down quite a bit! Over the years, we’ve learned to make many things ourselves, grow our own food and preserve it, and so much more. Not only can it save you money, but making your own items put you in control of the materials used to create them. So we’ve cut down on unnecessary toxins and plastics to promote a healthier home life. If you need a more in-depth reason as to why we have cut down on some of these items, I explain it all in my YouTube video!

Just because we don’t buy some of these, doesn’t mean we live without. Some of these we make ourselves, as I’ve mentioned. Some of these we have reusable alternatives for. There are SO many items we have decided to stop buying, I could probably go one forever. But, this will be quite a lengthy list, I’ve stopped myself at 50, and you might not agree with all of them. That’s okay! You don’t need to drop all of these to live for the planet. Do what works best for you. Some of these things you may need to do more research in before decided to make the switch, maybe some of them you can quite afford to switch to yet, that’s all okay too.

As for now, let’s jump into it! Things we won’t be buying this year:

  1. Air Fresheners

  2. Anything that doesn’t have a place

  3. Battery Operated Toys

  4. Bottled soaps

  5. Cable

  6. Candles

  7. CDs

  8. Coffee

  9. Cookbooks

  10. Cosmetic Enhancements

  11. Disinfectant wipes

  12. Disposable Items

  13. Duplicate Items

  14. DVDs

  15. Fast Food

  16. Feminine Wash

  17. Food items not on my grocery list

  18. Glass Food Containers

  19. Hair Care

  20. Jewelry

  21. K cups

  22. Kids toys

  23. Knick Knacks

  24. Magazine Subscriptions

  25. Makeup

  26. Manicures and Pedicures

  27. Mass Produced Art

  28. Movie Tickets

  29. Music Subscriptions

  30. Nail Polish

  31. New Books

  32. New Clothes

  33. New Furniture

  34. New Vehicles

  35. Pads and Tampons

  36. Paper planners/journals 

  37. Plastic Food Containers

  38. Plastic Toys

  39. Reusable bottles/mugs

  40. Sales Items

  41. Seasonal Decorations

  42. Shaving Cream

  43. Shoes

  44. Single Use Kitchen Appliances

  45. Soda

  46. Souvenirs when traveling

  47. Stationary

  48. Tea

  49. Underwire Bras

  50. Underwear

What’s something you’ve stopped buying to simplify or save money?

ResourcesSearra LiggettZero Waste, Green Living, Sustainability, Minimalism, Earth DayComment