The Individuality of Defining How Much Spend is Too Much Spend
What’s too much money to spend per month? On the Postconsumers team itself, we have members whose monthly cash burn is less than a thousand dollars (yes, it can be done!) and team members who run a monthly cash burn of over thirteen thousand dollars. While both of those examples tend to land in extreme areas of the bell curve of average monthly spend, the point is that you likely judged at least [...]
Favorite Postconsumers Winter Poem: January 2017
"Little January Tapped at my door today. And said, "Put on your winter wraps, And come outdoors to play." Little January Is always full of fun; Until the set of sun. Little January Will stay a month with me And we will have such jolly times - Just come along and see." - Winifred C. Marshall, January Get More Inspirations on the Social Media Channels Below Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Tumblr | Pinterest | Google+ | Medium
2017 Annual Resolution: Spend Less Money by Letting Go of Addictive Consumerism
Every January at Postconsumers, we take the idea of a New Year’s resolution seriously and we focus an entire month of content on a resolution our staff has picked for the year. Past years’ topics include going on a media diet, de-cluttering and last year’s topic of learning to separate emotion from “stuff.” This year, there was a tight competition between two topics, but at the end of the day we decided to [...]
The Best Postconsumers Memes of the Year
Especially as we become even bigger lovers of Instagram, we create tons of (what we think are) fun visuals and memes throughout the year here at Postconsumers. In fact, we might even go as far as to say that we think many of them are inspirational! Not unlike our articles and lists, at the end of the year we enjoy revisiting our favorite memes and images. You can find our favorites from [...]
The Best Postconsumers Lists of 2016
We like lists. We’ve liked lists since long before Buzzfeed existed. You may have noticed that many of our articles are in list format, and much like we enjoy revisiting our favorite articles of the year at the end of each year, we also enjoy revisiting our favorite lists of the year. You can find our favorite lists from 2015 here and from 2014 here. So what did we find utterly list-worthy in [...]
Holiday Inspirations for the “Anti-Stuff” Inclined: A Very Postconsumers Deck the Halls
Deck the halls with plastic pine trees, Fa la la la la, la la la la. Tis the season to buy all the things, Fa la la la la, la la la la. Don we now our Christmas sweater, Fa la la, la la la, la la la. Christmas clearance is always better. Fa la la la la, la la la la. Find More Ecofriendly and Consumer-Conscious Holiday Resources at Postconsumers All Holiday [...]
Favorite Christmas Quotes: The Peanuts on Doing a Little Something Extra
"Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone." Charles Schulz Get More Holiday Inspirations on the Social Media Channels Below Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Tumblr | Pinterest | Google+ | Medium
The Consumerism of Seasonal Dinnerware
December means that the holidays are rolling in, if not here already depending on when you personally start them. It means that traditions associated with those holidays, both good and bad, are starting to take shape. And it means that somebody in the house has likely made a trip to the attic, basement or storage area to unpack the holiday decorations and “things.” For many households, that includes seasonal dinnerware and place settings [...]
Favorite Christmas Quotes: Gift Suggestions for Everybody
"Christmas gift suggestions: to your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, your heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To yourself, respect." Oren Arnold Get More Holiday Inspirations on the Social Media Channels Below Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Tumblr | Pinterest | Google+ | Medium
Favorite Christmas Quotes: Heal Your Heart
"Christmas is not as much about opening our presents as opening our hearts." Janice Maeditere Get More Holiday Inspirations on the Social Media Channels Below Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Tumblr | Pinterest | Google+ | Medium
