50 Things I Don t Buy or Own as a Minimalist Save money less clutter

I recently noticed that the last time I made a 50 things I don't buy or own as a minimalist video was six years ago. And in that time some things have definitely changed. I still consider myself a minimalist today, but the ways that it shows up in my life are different now than before. So I thought it'd be fun to make an update and share with you 50 things I don't buy or own as someone who's been a minimalist for more than 10 years now. Of course this list is very personal to me, it reflects my current lifestyle, preferences, personality. And so it is 100% okay if you do buy or own some of these things. I'm not saying that no one should buy these things, I'm just saying that I'm choosing not to. So hopefully you can get some ideas and inspiration here for yourself as well. I divided this list up into eight different categories with video chapters. And as always, feel free to grab something nice for yourself to drink and join me if you want. I have some chamomile and fennel tea right here. So grab yourself something nice too if you want, and let's dive right in. All right, category one is home environment and cleaning. And let's start off with an easy one. I stopped buying paper towels. I stopped buying these many years ago, and I've actually found it really easy. Just do not have them in the house. I use reusable cloths for like 95% of the things that I want to clean. And if there is something that I don't want to use reusable cloth for, I just use a bit of toilet paper. So we always have a roll of toilet paper in the kitchen, which is similar to having a roll of paper towels in the kitchen, but it's also different because I rarely use it. And I find that if I have paper towels in the kitchen, I just use it for everything because it's so easy. And not having them means that I use my reusable cloths for like 95% of the stuff. And the one roll of toilet paper lasts ages and ages, so I find it easy this way. No more paper towels for me. Number two is scented candles, air fresheners, or anything scented for the home. For me this has to do with two big reasons. The first is, I find them to be quite expensive for how long they last. Especially with the home perfume, or like the scented sticks and things, don't really last as long in my opinion. And they are really pricey. And the second reason is that with the scented candles and the air fresheners, I find that they give me a headache. And I really don't like that, obviously. So I prefer to just not have anything scented in the home, and just make sure that we are ventilating well and frequently. That way your home still smells clean and fresh, and I don't have all of that scented stuff hanging in the air that I really know if it's like safe, or if it's going to give me a headache. So I stopped buying these two. Number three is trendy decor items, and also the mass-produced so-called minimalist decor items that you have. I used to love shopping for decor items. I was always buying new things, and then getting rid of old things, and switching everything out. And I now find that to be really wasteful. And also I like not having that much decor around, and only having a few items that I really love, that I find very beautiful. And most of these are at least 10 years old, sometimes a lot older already. And I find that the longer I keep them around, the more meaningful they become to me. So I just stopped with like, as soon as the seasons change, the shops are full of decor items, and there's like throw pillows, and knickknacks, and vases, and candle holders, and all of that stuff. I kind of stopped buying almost completely. Number four is a bathrobe and a bath mat. Now, last time I talked about the bath mat, many people had an excellent point that they are for safety. If you like your bath mat for safety, so that you won't slip and fall, 100% worth it, absolutely do it. For me, we use the towel rotation system, where if you've used a towel a bunch of times, then it becomes the floor towel. So we use that as kind of like a bath mat. And about the bathrobe, I used to always have them, but for the last couple of years I've been doing without them, and I prefer it this way. It's just one less thing to have to like hang up and manage, and also a little bit less visual clutter in the bathroom. Number five is smart home appliances. Again, one of those examples that could make a lot of sense for certain kind of situations, and not so much for me. I prefer not having them. I have to admit, like they do make me a little bit nervous. I don't really want things around that can hear what I'm saying. And I also, yeah, I don't find that I really need them. For example, I can turn on the lights just fine by myself, just clicking the switch. So I prefer not to have them. But of course, there are many situations where they could make sense. Number six is robot vacuums, robot mops, robot window washers that you have right now. Anything like highly specific robot cleaning thing. A couple years ago we did try the robot vacuum, and it was not a success. We ended up selling it again afterwards. It's a whole thing, I don't want to get into it in this video. But I really didn't like it for me personally. I just, like we live in a very small apartment, so it's no problem just vacuuming this by myself. And also like we can wash the windows by ourselves. Again, many situations where this would make sense. But for me personally, I prefer not having these things around and just doing the easier chores by myself. I don't find that it actually made my life easier. In fact, it made vacuuming more complicated for me and not less. And number seven is hyper specific kitchen gadgets. I prefer my kitchen stuff to be multifunctional. I like to stick to the simple things and only get an actual like appliance or something if it can do something that I cannot do without that appliance. That's kind of like my rule. I have decluttered many kitchen gadgets, many appliances that have just not been worth it. You know, with the cleaning and the storing and everything, to have learned my lesson here. All right, category two is beauty and personal care. Starting with number eight, which is single use period products. I switched over to reusable period products, I think I want to say about like two years ago, something like that. I honestly wish I did it so much sooner. Not only is it better for the environment and better for my wallet, but they've also made my periods so much easier to deal with. Number nine is laser masks or other kinds of anti-aging gadgets. Now that I'm starting to approach 40, I really feel like the companies out there know this. And they are trying to market these kinds of products to me all the time, to make me feel insecure about aging, or to make me fear aging, or getting wrinkles, and to try and sell me stuff. And I just want to not fall for that one. No shade to anyone who likes using these products, but I am just really not a fan. Of course I want to take care of my skin, you know, with healthy habits, and wearing sunscreen, and drinking enough water, and you know, sleeping enough, all those kinds of things. But I really don't want to be like having my like laser mask on or something. Like that's really not my preferred approach to aging. Let's put it that way. And number 10 is wellness gadgets. So I get so many emails from companies asking me to promote these kind of products on my channel, and I always turn them down. Because I'm a firm believer that self-care, true self-care, most of the time is free. And we don't need anything like that stimulates our whatever like high-tech wellness gadgets that you have right now. Most of the self-care things that I do are free, or almost free. And they are by far the most successful ways that I can take care of myself. I don't need to buy gadgets for this. And so I also don't want to promote them to my viewers. Number 11 are loofahs, or other kind of like scrubbing mechanisms, or body scrub in general. That's because I use these. These are washcloths in the Netherlands, and I learned that these are not what washcloths look like in other places in the world. Which is very funny to me, because this is what I'm used to. They're like literally translated into washy hands. You put them on your hands, you use soap, you know, you clean your body, and it gently exfoliates your body as well afterwards. Throw them in the wash. No having to spend money on body scrub, or having to worry about like bacteria growth on your loofah, or anything like that. I use them once, I throw them in the wash. Easy peasy. So for me, washcloth all the way. Number 12 is feminine hygiene products that we don't need. Unfortunately, ladies get advertised a bunch of things that we don't need, and this is one of them. So your vajayjay knows what's up, it knows how to keep itself clean, you can just use water, you don't need anything like in there or up there, and we don't need to be buying that stuff. And if you do feel like there might be something going on down there, you're much better off going to your doctor and talking about it. Which I know is awkward and not fun, but it's better than buying products you don't need, that could possibly even disrupt your ph levels and stuff. Number 13 is makeup, skincare, cosmetics, haircare, whatever you name it, that I'm not used to using. So I've been kind of using the same products for quite a long time. I kind of stick to my tried and true products that I know and love. Whenever they run out, I'll go get a replacement, or sometimes I'll keep an eye on when they go on sale and I like buy two. But I don't really venture out that much. If there's like a new product launch that's like super viral or whatever, I just kind of let most of that stuff, like 99% of that stuff, pass me by and just use the ones that I already know work for me and that I like. And the last one in this category, number 14, is not cruelty free beauty products. A few years ago I was really shocked to learn that so many of the brands, and also the bigger well-known brands, still allow their products to be tested on animals. And it just involves a lot of cruelty that we, it's unnecessary. There are so many brands that are cruelty free, that you can buy just at the drugstore, and whose products are great. Just a quick google search tells me everything I need to know. Category three is food and convenience spending. Starting with number 15, which is pre-cut fruits and vegetables. There are definitely situations where buying these things would make sense for people, in which case absolutely do it. For me personally, I prefer just chopping my fruits and vegetables myself. It just saves so much money and I also find them to be fresher that way. So that is my preference. Number 16 is plastic bottled water. So I live in the Netherlands and I'm very fortunate that we have very clean and safe drinking water from the tap here. So I use reusable water bottles. And of course you can also opt for a water bottle that filters and purifies if you need that, which can work great. I stopped buying these many years ago and it is so strange for me to like think back on a time when I just bought plastic bottled water. Because just thinking about it makes me kind of cringe. It's like all that plastic, it's just such a waste, it's so unnecessary. Number 17 is alcohol. I kind of stopped drinking less and less over the recent years. I've never been a huge drinker before that either, but now I think I have like maybe one drink every couple of months. As I'm getting a little bit older, I also find that alcohol now has a stronger impact on me. Like I wake up feeling a little bit groggy and a little bit like nauseous and queasy the next day, which I really don't like. I also don't like how alcohol, even just drinking one drink, tends to make my anxiety worse. So with all of these things, and also just kind of like wanting to take care of my body, you know, alcohol is a toxin at the end of the day. So I'm not trying to like demonize having a drink every once in a while. But for me personally, I just really like that feeling of hardly drinking any alcohol. I just like waking up feeling refreshed in the morning, or as we say here in the Netherlands, fris en fruitig, which translates to fresh and fruity, over having had a drink the night before. Number 18 is food delivery apps. It is very rare that we get food delivered here, because I just usually find it to be not worth the price. But sometimes we will. In that case, I will order it at the restaurant's own website instead of through a food delivery app, which usually will be cheaper for me and better for the restaurant. Because they don't have to pay the food delivery app a commission on that. So I avoid using food delivery apps ever. And also number 19 is grocery delivery services. For example, those services where you can select meals, and then they will send you those ingredients that are measured for those meals as a subscription. I always find it a little funny when people say like, yeah it's it's cheaper than getting takeout. And I'm always thinking like, yeah it should be cheaper than getting takeout, because you have to cook the thing yourself still. You still have to cook, you still have to do the dishes. So I think a much fairer comparison with the price is comparing it to having your regular groceries delivered. And when you compare those two, I just find the meal delivery thing to be so much more expensive. I did also hear that there was a lot of food waste sometimes associated with these kinds of services, which I'm not an expert on. But another reason for me not to want to buy from them. Number 20 is sugared drinks, or like high sugared foods. Things like sweets, candies, crumble cookies, sodas with sugar. I'm not someone who's like avoiding sugar altogether, but with these kinds of foods it's just too much sugar for me. I find, you know, my body and my health to be too important for me to eat that much sugar. And also, because I'm not eating these kinds of foods for such a long time already, I feel like I'm just super super sensitive now to when there's a lot of sugar in something. I start feeling like jittery, and sometimes it actually, I feel like it hurts my teeth. So I'm just, I like sweet stuff, but not overly sweet. So of course like I might have a piece of chocolate sometime, or like a piece of cake, or a pastry, or something. I'm not avoiding sugar altogether. But these high sugary foods and drinks, I actually like never really eat or drink. Number 21 is health food, fast juice cleanses, detox products. I've never really bought them. I am a dietician by trade, I guess. Like I did graduate as a dietician. I know a little bit about nutrition, and I know that the body is perfectly capable of detoxing itself. And we don't need to buy any super expensive like health food fats, or detox juices, or pills, or anything for that. I do take some supplements and stuff, but nothing too like extreme I guess. And number 22, oddly specific, avocado toast. So when we go out for like breakfast, or lunch, or something, avocado toast and other similar things like it are not what I really gravitate towards. Because it's just one of those things that is so easy to make yourself, and kind of expensive. Like when you go out for breakfast and I see a 15 euro avocado toast, I'm like, it kind of blows my mind. I really like eating out sometimes, and I really enjoy it. But I usually try to choose something that I cannot just as easily make myself at home, using like two or three ingredients you know. Category four is clothing and fashion. And number 23 is high maintenance clothing. I stopped many years ago buying things that need to be hand washed, or can only be dry cleaned, or need to be ironed a lot. Anything that just requires a lot of maintenance. So I just opt for things that I can just wash in the washing machine on a gentle cycle. I do line dry all of my clothing and all of my laundry in general, because we don't have a dryer. I guess that's another thing I don't own as a minimalist, a dryer. So there is that, but I need to be able to at least wash it in the washing machine. I don't like to have to like wash things by hand, it's such a hassle. Number 24 is a bathing suit or any other kind of swimwear. I decluttered mine so long ago, because it was really scratchy and itchy and uncomfortable. And I remember thinking like, I'll buy a new one next time I go swimming. And yeah, it hasn't happened yet. It's been many years. I guess I'm not really like a pool or a beach or swimming kind of person. And I'm a firm believer in buying things when you actually need the thing at that moment. Because I'm glad that I didn't buy a bathing suit like eight years ago, because my body has changed in the meantime and it probably wouldn't fit me now. So I'm kind of waiting for the the upcoming time that I need a bathing suit to buy one. But it hasn't happened yet. Number 25 is scarves, sunglasses, handbags, any other kind of like accessories like that, any more than the ones that I already have. I've had the same pair of sunglasses, the same one scarf for years, and they still fit like my my vibe. I can just use those. And I kind of just stopped like buying more when I already have enough. That's one of the the things I really noticed living a minimalist lifestyle. I also have a few options, like I have one purse, one backpack, and one backpack for traveling, and one tiny purse in case I go somewhere where you can only bring a tiny purse, like a concert or something. So I feel like I'm covered in each of those categories. And I haven't bought anything like this for many many years. I feel like with us women, you're kind of like supposed to want to have many different purses and stuff. And I used to have many different purses and I used to always like buy more, but it never really made me any happier. It was also kind of a hassle because I couldn't find stuff, because I had different stuff in different purses. So I find life a lot easier and simpler with just a few small options. Number 26 is heels, uncomfortable shoes, uncomfortable underwear, uncomfortable clothing in general. I ditched uncomfortable stuff also many years ago, and my life has been better for it. It's really improved so much of how I feel on a day-to-day basis. I feel like this effect cannot be overestimated or underestimated. If I'm wearing something itchy, scratchy, uncomfortable, or like tight without any stretch, anything like that going on, I am really truly miserable. I really don't like it. It's so distracting. So I still like to look good and of course, you know, I take that into consideration when I shop for clothing or shoes or whatever. But comfort and something being practical is now so much more important to me than it used to be. Number 27 is just not buying so much clothing in general, either new or secondhand or whatever. I feel like I have enough clothing and I've felt that way for a few years now. And when I really slowed down my purchases when it comes to new clothing, that was when I really started getting to know my wardrobe more, getting a lot more use out of the things that I already own. I just really believe that we don't have to keep buying new clothes every year. Number 28 is belts. I decluttered my belts also a few years ago because I just could not figure out how to either feel comfortable wearing a belt or having it look like not weird. Like, it always looks weird on me for whatever reason. At least that's how I perceive it. So I'm just really not a belt person. I'm glad to not own any belts. Number 29, something I used to love to shop for. Cheap jewelry and accessories and costume jewelry. I used to go crazy for that stuff. It made me so happy to buy like a cute necklace for like six euros. And I know by now, just from experience, these things tarnish. They just don't look good for a very long time. And I now have some jewelry items that I've had for many years that are high quality. Like all this stuff is all high quality stuff. I've had this for so long and they just keep looking great. So I really learned my lesson with the cheap jewelry one. And also like now that I have these, like I barely buy new jewelry. I feel like I have enough. But also like quality really matters with this kind of thing. Number 30 is luxury designer brands. I am all for spending a little bit more money so that you can get high quality items, just like with the jewelry. But I think that there comes a point where it goes beyond that. When you're just paying for the label, for the brand, for the little designer thing. It is just crazy how much certain things can cost. Like it blows my mind that you can buy a bag for like thirty thousand dollars. That is just... I cannot wrap my head around that. And number 31 is clothing items that I kind of need something else for in order to be able to wear it. This has been one of my lessons during my journey with minimalism. That I used to buy things that I felt like were maybe aspirational, or like, oh this would be like, I love to be the person who wears something like this. And I would just buy it and think to myself like, okay I'll figure it out later. And I'll buy the shoes for it, or I'll buy the bra for it, or something. And that never comes. Like, as soon as I buy a clothing item that I have no idea how to actually wear, because I don't have the things needed to go with it already in my wardrobe, I just end up not wearing it. So these are always things that I've ended up donating again. It's a huge waste. So if I buy something, I need to know that I can wear it and start using it like the day of. And that's kind of like my my little rule. Category five is transportation. And then item 32 is, I don't own a car. We've been living car free for about 13 years now, and I'm so happy that this is possible for us. It is partly because we live in the Netherlands and we have a really good public transportation system here. It's not perfect, not by any means, but it gets me to where I need to go. And I just really love being able to live car free. It's just a great way to simplify my life. I don't have to worry about paying for it, insurance, gas, maintaining the car, having unexpected bills pop up. I just take the bus, the tram, the train, the subway. I can go basically everywhere that I want to go. The only downside there is that sometimes it takes a lot longer. Like if I want to visit my friend who lives on the other side of the country, it takes me like three hours to get there. Whereas if I was to drive to her, it'd be more like an hour and 15 minutes. So that happens. But for me, things like that don't happen often enough for me to to justify wanting to own a car. And then number 33, perhaps a little bit stranger, is that I currently also don't own a bike. And I haven't owned a bike for years already as well. Which is strange as a Dutch person, because we have so many bikes here. Like the average Dutch person has like 1.3 bike and I have no bikes. I wouldn't be opposed to having a bike, but also I just find that I don't really need one. Because the grocery stores and stuff are walking distance and anything further away, I can just use public transportation and just get there just as quick. So yeah, I haven't really been in a situation where I felt like I would want a bike. Also bikes are kind of expensive. Category six is digital spending and subscriptions. Starting off with number 34, which is mobile games. I just find that we're already spending enough time on our phone as it is, and I just don't want to add like a phone game to that. I want to make it easier for me not to spend so much time on my phone, and not harder to resist spending time on my phone. I remember when I had one phone game in my life, it was Neko Atsume, the one where you kind of like collect cats in your yard. And I was so addicted to that game, I spent so much time on my phone. It really made me see like wow, this is just not something that I want in my life. Number 35 is cable tv or multiple streaming subscription services. So cable tv we quit also a few years ago, and I've never missed having access to cable tv. And also with the streaming services, I talked about that in my last video too. We just use one, and we watch what we want to watch on there. We'll cancel it and we'll start another one, which is a huge money saver. Number 36 is point cards or loyalty programs that they have at the store. I have some of the stores that I go to frequently, and they have you know a good deal. If you save a certain amount of points, you can get a discount like okay. But at a certain point, I had so many of these cards in my wallet, or they say like oh yeah you can also download the app, but then you have to fill in all your personal information. And I just find it 9 out of 10 times to not be worth it. So whenever they ask me, oh are you a member? Like are you, do you have like a loyalty program thing? I'm like no thank you. And they're like yeah but if you join, you can get a some kind of present or something. And I'm still like no thank you. Number 37 is large data packages for my phone. I spend I think around nine euros a month for my phone, and that includes my data and my minutes and everything else. And I really like that. You know, I'm at home most of the time anyway, so usually I'm on wi-fi. And then when I'm out, I have my data. But it is more than enough to cover. Like I never get close to using up all of my data, and I have a very low package. I don't have unlimited data or anything. So for me that works fine. It's just one of those ways to save a bit of money every month. Number 38, tiktok trends, tiktok shop. Anything that you've seen on tiktok, I don't buy any of that. Also because I'm not on tiktok. I don't have the tiktok app. So I guess that's easy. And then also kind of related to that, number 39 is anything from Timu, Xi'an, AliExpress, or Amazon even. I buy something from Amazon only when I really need it, and I cannot find it anywhere else. Or it's like significantly cheaper. Sometimes I will make an exception. I like buy something from Amazon maybe once a year. But all the other platforms I try to avoid. I don't think I've bought anything from them, and I don't plan to. It's mostly about ethics, sustainability, low quality items. And unfortunately also, they did find that many of these items from Xi'an and Timu are even toxic and unsafe. So I just try to avoid these platforms altogether. There's nothing on there that I need. Category seven is habits and social spending. So the first one is number 40, which is holiday decorations. Of course this is very very personal, but I really like not having any. It just simplifies the whole holidays. I'm not really like a huge decorator. I enjoy the holiday decorations when I go out during that season. I find it to be very cozy and nice. But I don't really feel like I want stuff here that I have to then also store away for the rest of the year. We did used to have a fake Christmas tree and a few ornaments, and it looked kind of bad. Because it was it was a very cheap one, because you know, we didn't have a lot of money and I wanted something. So I used that Christmas tree for years, but we decluttered it I think around like four years ago. And yeah, I've never missed it. Maybe in the future, who knows. But for now, I like the holidays to be nice and simple in the decorating department. Number 41 is impulse buys and emotional spending. This was definitely a habit that I had to break when I first started my minimalist journey. It really helped me to have a little rule that I want to think through my purchases at least for a few days before I make them. Nine out of ten times, I feel like I don't really want it after all. And if I still want it, I can always get it later. So this has really helped me be a lot more intentional with my shopping in general. And also emotional shopping, I've never really found it to be helpful in the long run for my mental health. So you know. Number 42 is anniversary gifts. My partner and I have been together for a long time, 23 years at this this year. So we decided many years ago to stop doing anniversary gifts. We just do something fun together to celebrate and prefer doing, you know, an experience rather than gifting each other like a fancy anniversary gift every year. It's just not really necessary. And number 43 is souvenirs. I used to go crazy for souvenirs. Whenever we went on a trip, I would buy a lot of stuff for myself, I would buy a lot of stuff to give to people. Which honestly, now looking back on it, it's like when you go on a trip, it means a lot to you. And then you buy something from there to give to the people that you care about. But it doesn't really mean that much to the other person, because they weren't on that trip. And also not buying any souvenirs for myself has made our trips a lot more stress-free. I don't have to like peruse all the stores trying to find good stuff, and then finding some way to fit it all into my suitcase to bring back home. What I will do is maybe buy a tea from there that is local, or something that I can actually use like a mug or something functional. That's something that I'm okay with, but I'm talking about like actual like souvenir souvenirs. Number 44 is convenience gadgets that solve imaginary problems. I am always amazed by how companies are able to invent problems to then sell us a solution to that problem, where it really didn't need a solution most of the time. Not every small inconvenience, in my opinion, warrants buying something to solve that really small tiny inconvenience that you might not have even really realized is an inconvenience before they try to sell you a for it. And number 45 is single-use plastic bags for shopping, or reusable bags for shopping. Because I already have enough of those already. It's really strange for me to think back now on when I used to just buy fruits and vegetables, and they would give those free plastic baggies that you could put it into. And I would just do that, and I didn't really think about all that plastic. I just use my reusable bags now, and it's not any more difficult. But I also try to be careful with the reusable shopping bags, because those also take resources to make. The cotton like canvas bags and stuff, they are only good if you can use them again and again and again. Otherwise they're still not sustainable. So I haven't bought any new bags for that for many years as well. All right, category eight is hobbies and lifestyle. And then number 46 is any wearable trackers or fitbits. Again, one of those examples where they could make sense for someone. Some people really like theirs, and find a lot of joy and benefit from them. In which case, you know, that's totally fine. For me personally, I just don't want to go there. I feel like they would add a another layer of pressure to my life, where I would just have all of this information about my health, and about my steps, and about my calories, and about you know all these things that I really don't even like want to know. That's also because I happen to be a person with some like health anxiety issues and stuff. So I just don't think that it would make a positive difference in my life to have all that information available all the day. Number 47 is books that I won't read. So I've always loved reading. Reading is one of my favorite hobbies, one of my favorite self-care activities. I love reading fiction mostly, but I've always had the rule for myself that I have to read every book that I still have before I'm allowed to buy new ones. And that has really helped. So I keep my tbr list quite short and intentional, and then I'm only allowed to buy some books from my tbr list, ebooks by the way, if I have read all the books that are still on my e-reader first. I just get a little stressed when I have many books that I haven't read yet on my e-reader. I don't find it like fun or exciting, I find it overwhelming. So I try to be very intentional with that. And I think books are there to be read, you know. I don't want to just kind of like hoard books and do all these kind of book hauls when I don't have time to actually read them all. I do have one bonus one here that I did want to include, but I didn't want to make the video 51 things. So here's a bonus, and that is anything like AI art. I'm talking AI music, AI books, AI videos, it freaks me out. There are many reasons why I choose not to consume AI art that I won't have time to go into in this video here. Whether that's like environmental, or like the stealing of people's work, or like there are so many reasons. But I prefer my art to be human made. Number 48 is magazines. This is something that I've kind of phased out gradually, I guess, over time. Because I used to buy magazines and I used to enjoy reading them, but over time I found them to be mostly just kind of advertisement. So magazines would just kind of pile up and just sit there, and it's just paper clutter and stuff. So I haven't bought any in a long time, and I personally prefer it that way. If you do enjoy magazines but you also don't know what to do with them once you finish them, I know that oftentimes you can find them at the library. So I think that that would be a great solution in that case. Number 49 is exercise subscriptions. I'll keep this short because I've talked about it many times, but I do my workouts at home for free with youtube videos, or I go for a long walk. And number 50 is animal products. So I went vegan when I was 30, which is seven and a half, almost eight years ago now. Before that I was a vegetarian ever since I was 15, which means that I haven't eaten meat in like more than 22 years. This is just a personal decision that I feel really good about, and it's one of the best decisions that I've ever made in my life. I don't often talk about this on the channel, and I also don't want to seem like judgy or preachy in any way, but I really like this way of living. It fits me, it suits me very well. I like living in a way that supports my values, and that is in line with my ethics and my beliefs. I also like that, you know, it's healthy, it's tasty, I'm still eating so much great food. In fact, I think that ever since I went vegan, I became a better cook too. Because yeah, it's just there's so much nice food to eat, I don't really find it difficult. I'm just really used to it by now. I sometimes get questions about this, like why are some minimalists also vegan? And are these things kind of like intertwined in a way? And I feel like they can be, but not for everyone. I just feel like minimalism really kind of invites you to think about your consumption habits, your purchases, and the effect that these things have on either you, or maybe on the planet, on the animals. Like you really think things through a lot more, and that is where, you know, sometimes lifestyle changes, like going vegan, can also follow going minimalist. I feel like they're definitely not the same things obviously, but one kind of like invites you to maybe think about the other. And that can also happen with fast fashion, or you know your plastic consumption, or you know, so many things actually. It's really interesting. All right, that's it, my updated version of 50 things I don't buy or own as a minimalist. I would love to hear your thoughts in the comments. And of course, can you please share something that you've stopped buying that changed your life in a positive way? I'm really curious. I want to thank you for sticking around all the way until the end of this video, which undoubtedly has gone quite long, even though I really try to keep it succinct. So thank you. And also an extra special thank you to my channel supporters who are helping me to keep the channel going. I post two extra videos for channel supporters every month. You can join either on Patreon or on YouTube memberships. They are the same, I just have both options available, but they are the same extra videos, the same extra content. So it's just a matter of which platform you would prefer, Patreon or YouTube. And with the help of my channel supporters, I can keep doing this as my job and keep making the free videos for everyone here on YouTube. So it's truly a win-win and it's also just a really fun community. If you enjoy my videos here and you want to support my work and also get access to all the extra bonus videos that I've posted so far, there are many many up that you can catch up on, then I will leave the links in the description box below. And as always, questions, comments, conversations down below, have a wonderful wonderful day, and I will see you all again really soon. Bye bye. So I actually didn't sleep that well last night. It was really stormy. And we live in a flat in a very tall building, quite high up. And this never really bothers me unless it's like really windy and stormy. Because then I feel like I'm just in this shoebox in the sky and it's very unsettling.