In some ways I’m the ultimate anti-consumer. I laugh at advertisers’ pitiful attempts to influence me; I hate shopping; I want to buy something and have it last for years. I had my last car for 9 years and fully expect my present chariot to last me at least as long. But perhaps the most insidious way I’ve become an anti-consumer is that the thrill most people get from buying new things, I get from throwing things away (or giving them to St. Vincent’s – I’m not a wastrel). I was cleaning out some storage areas today and it felt great. I feel lighter and freer with every unnecessary thing that goes into the trash.
The mall police are on my trail.