heykellyjensen 's review for:

A Life Less Throwaway: The Lost Art of Buying for Life by Tara Button

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Great for rich white people who are judgmental and want a giant advertisement for a blog. Otherwise, straight up irritating and inspires nothing. Literally, not a single moment spent on the fact that cheap, shoddily made products are often all that's available for many and that's not their fault. It's a bigger structural problem and frankly, sending Apple a tweet to ask them to make more sustainable products isn't going to solve that problem. But hey, it invites a few more moments to be Holier Than Thou. Likewise, not a second of consideration for why the Marshmallow Test is also a flawed study; those who didn't show "will power" in not eating the marshmallow aren't failures. It's exceptionally possible they come from a world of lacking and they have never had reason to believe more would come if they didn't take advantage of the thing set before them.

Pick up [b:The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store|35488858|The Year of Less How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store|Cait Flanders|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1508469293s/35488858.jpg|56889246] instead.