low consumption & low stimulation tips that saved my life

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• KA

  @KateLee3 · 10 days ago · pinned

  lmk your own tips for low consumption &amp; stimulation!! let&apos;s motivate each other 🤗<br>(btw the vid at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wasI7wtmQGo&amp;t=187">03:07</a> is NOT my closet LOL it’s one of my fav vintage stores here called Segla! just realized that could be confusing heh)

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• CO

  @Counterintuitive2 · 10 days ago (edited)

  I personally started cancelling my subscriptions to channels that just talk of what they bought or what they consume instead of other more valuable content (creators of art and culture) and I started cancelling CozyK first. I also stopped following commentators about politics and I just shift to politics literature.

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• SA

  @santsikupponen · 10 days ago

  Hi Kate, <br>I went on a social media detox this summer. At first it felt so frustrating, felt like I had the biggest FOMO of all time. As weeks went by, it got better and I was present in real life moments more than I was before. After the detox, it felt so weird to post anything anymore! And I felt so FREE not having to care what others post. <br>Now I have instagram on my phone again and the addiction is growing back. I think this video helped me to realize it and now I&apos;m deleting it all together.

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• AN

  @annalim · 10 days ago

  this video calms me down a lot more than shopping haul videos and the like. thank you, kate!

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• ST

  @StrawberryJamJam29 · 6 days ago (edited)

  Being poor keeps me from overconsumption. I still have the same clothes since college because I can&apos;t afford to shop for clothes. I do shop online too because I live in the suburbs and they don&apos;t have everything I need. I tend to want to buy more in-person than online, so it really depends on the person. I think it&apos;s because I have more time to think with online purchases than I do with in-person. It&apos;s hard to shop being poor when everything you can afford is so cheap that it breaks and rips often so you have to buy more. So I guess in a way companies promote overconsumption buy making crappy products that don&apos;t last. And the ones that do last, most people cannot afford it.

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• MA

  @madeleinesmith6122 · 10 days ago

  Being aware of how and why you go online/[over]consume/etc. I know that often when I get into panicky scrolling, it&apos;s because I&apos;&apos;m feeling anxious about something else. Just acknowledging that feeling and thinking about something that might <b>actually</b> help with it--talking it out, writing, taking a shower, lying in bed, breathing, meditation, yoga, anything--is often enough to help get out of the anxiety scroll. I also find I feel much less drawn to overstimulation when I&apos;m well-rested. Taking care of your body and feeling good makes online overconsumption so much less appealing.

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• KE

  @kerd4 · 3 days ago

  My boyfriend bought me She-Ra, Arcane, and AtLA on DVD this year 💝 I literally cancelled all my streaming services with less than 20 discs. It&apos;s SO WORTH IT!!!

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• MI

  @mirabellewang · 5 days ago

  Loved this video! Not just the topic but I have been doing pretty much everything in regards to your wardrobe choices! I’m also not a minimalist but love the capsule inspired wardrobe choices. I love feeling iconic and recognizable with my go to jeans, jackets, bags and the colour yellow!

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  @pinktulips611 · 2 days ago

  Be iconic 👌🏽thank you

• CH

  @cheemi1 · 3 days ago

  You are a wise young person, thank you for sharing your tips. I&apos;ve got two elementary school aged kids and have been worrying about what to do with the whole phone thing as they get older - we got my eldest a smart watch that&apos;s specifically for kids, your experience with a flip phone until college was actually very heartening for me. I&apos;m an old millennial and didn&apos;t have any phone at all until year 10, and it was an OG Motorola flip phone 😂<br>I definitely had problems with YouTube and Tumblr on my phone, I got rid of them a while ago and feel much better. I miss Tumblr but it was such a time-suck for me and made me feel bad. YouTube is better but I have to be mindful, I end up staying up too late and Shorts are insidious even as they can be fun. I like your content slide idea I will try to implement that! <br>My main tip for helping yourself consume less of anything is to create more - if you&apos;re sketching you&apos;re not online shopping, if you&apos;re writing you probably can&apos;t scroll through shorts at the same time. Also it just feels good to craft, to make things. My top three things I&apos;m choosing to spend time, energy and money on are cooking at home (I love baking), curated interior design and crafting (mostly embroidery, I swear I&apos;m not a grandma yet I just like their hobbies!) I appreciate your reframing of these personal favourites as the base, the thing to say Yes to so it&apos;s so much easier to say No to everything else. I don&apos;t feel bad not going out to eat all the time, I prefer cooking. I don&apos;t feel the need to buy new clothes because I&apos;m just not that interested in fashion, but I&apos;ll save up for months to get the perfect armchair to complete my living room. I&apos;ve definitely spent money on things I didn&apos;t need or even really want in the past, we learn from our mistakes and finding ways to keep moving towards what really makes us happy is an ongoing journey. <br>감사합니다 🫶 호주한테서 사랑을 보내요

• MI

  @Mielikki-f5t · 10 days ago

  Omg I agree with you about so many things!! I also love fashion but care little about makeup or skincare. I&apos;ve also recently come to the conclusion that fit is the most important because I&apos;ve never wanted to declutter any clothes that fit me well or look flattering on me regardless of the price!

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• YA

  @yassixiong · 9 days ago

  What a lovely video--first one I&apos;ve sat through in its entirety in a long time! I&apos;m a creator myself and have been struggling with staying offline unless I absolutely need to. It&apos;s been helpful for me to treat digital consumption as a curation exercise (thinking through how each piece of content inspires me to create). I&apos;ve also fallen in love with interior design, which ironically makes me want to throw out (and avoid buying) objects that clutter my space.

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