[1]You Don't Need to Buy Something to Change Yourself:

[1]You Don't Need to Buy Something to Change Yourself:

There's a thread here. You don't need to buy something to change
yourself. If there's something you want to change about yourself,
the purchase of a product won't initiate that change. What will
initiate that change is your action. All that a product can possibly
do is make an action that you're already doing more effective. If
you're not already doing that action, then that purchase is a waste
of money.

If you want to lose weight, simply watch your calories. Count them
with a free calorie counting app on your phone. There's no need to
buy diet programs or diet pills or anything like that. Just watch
what you eat with care.

If you want to be more fit, simply start moving around more and
leveraging your body weight. Go on walks. Do some pushups. Do some
planks. You don't need gym memberships or exercise gear or videos.
You don't need anything else until long walks and planks and pushups
and situps become trivially easy.

If you want to learn about something, you don't need to go buy class
materials or books or anything like that. Just go to the library,
check out a few books, sit them on your bedside table, and read. If
you want an overview of a topic to start with, look it up on
Wikipedia and read the entry.

If you want to do something, do it. If you need equipment to do it
on any level, go get the absolute minimum equipment you need
(preferably by borrowing it, like a library book, or by buying used
or very low end, if you absolutely have to) and then just do it.

You don't need items to do something.

(Via [2]The Simple Dollar The Simple Dollar)

Why is it that the obvious things need restating so much? And then why
do we (I) neglect or ignore the knowledge? As usual with Trent's posts,
it's a head slapping moment.

Do. Don't buy. Do.

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[3]Twitter
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My original entry is here: [4]You Don't Need to Buy Something to Change
Yourself. It posted Mon, 05 Nov 2018 00:31:17 +0000.
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References

1. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thesimpledollar/~3/HpEZMC1rWO4/
2. https://www.thesimpledollar.com/
3. https://twitter.com/prjorgensen/status/1059242678204973056
4. https://www.prjorgensen.com/?p=2223