Have you felt the end of the recession yet?
It’s officially been over for quite a bit but, you and I both know, the global economic crisis is far from over.
The economy is in a period of great reset. The old ways will fall away and new ways of commerce will prevail. This isn’t a far-flung prophecy; it’s an observation of changes taking place already.
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This post was written by Sue and first appeared on her blog, Butterfly Balance. In it, she perfectly encapsulates the mindset of the New Consumer and the four emerging paradigms of embracing substance, rightsizing, growing up, and seeking purposeful pleasure. It is reprinted with permission.
Mindful spending is something I’ve only started really implementing in the past few years. A great deal of my life was spent pulling out credit cards a bit too freely, running up debt, and confusing wants for needs. I’ve done a lot of soul searching about the whys of what I’d done in the past, and why that couldn’t continue anymore. I’m grateful to have righted the situation before things got worse than they were and learning to live within my means.
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This post originally appeared on Scoutie Girl and is reprinted with permission. It speaks to the New Consumer paradigm of Purposeful Pleasure. What can brands do to imbue their goods and services with greater meaning and longer-lasting satisfactions?
We live in a disposable culture. Our lives are like giant landfills. We’re surrounded by junk.
We pay 99 cents to download disposable music. We drive through “restaurants” making disposable food. We wear disposable clothes so we don’t ever have to be without the latest trend. We create relationships—families even—that have disposable bonds. The entirety of our culture can be thrown away and bought anew.
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