I live, write, and garden in the PNW with my husband of 27 years, disabled daughter, college-aged son, and my 84-year-old mother. We have paid off $250,000.00 worth of debt (if you include the interest) in the last fifteen years and as of 6/12/2020 are 100% DEBT FREE!!!!Right now I have a book out from the library called Not Buying It. It has been talked about before, as I learned about it from one of the blogs here. I'm about five chapters in, and it took me until about page 50 before I could adapt to the writer's rather choppy writing style.
I don't know, she's awfully foul-mouthed for someone who wrote a non-fiction book and it always jars me right out of the text. I'm not big on swearing, but I do recognize that there might be places where it could be utilized appropriately, such as someone dropping a ten pound ice block on their foot and letting out an expletive. I do not, however think it should be used casually and this author is very offhand about it. We have too much stuff is fine. We have too much s*** seems very unnecssary. It makes her sound less educated than she obviously is.
Beyond that, so far I feel like her experience is that of a pampered princess who chose to deprive herself of consumer goods simply so she could write a book about it. I get the feeling the whole time that that is the only reason she is doing it at all, to one year later make a profit. Just makes me glad I didn't buy the book, but got it from the library.
Maybe its just too hard for me to empathize with someone who gave up caviar or new skis and thinks that is a sacrifice. That that is rouging it.
I hope the book gets better, I still have seven months to go.
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