Shopping Addiction, Low Buy Year & Influencer Marketing ft. Style Apotheca | WE DID IT PODCAST

Keeping up with the Jones has quickly turned into Keeping up with the Kardashians. The pressure to perform on social media while being creative is coming at a cost (quite literally), especially when you are in the style category. I sat down with one of my favorite bloggers Christina, of #StyleApotheca, and we hashed out her #LowBuy movement. Christina is vulnerable about her journey from over shopping to low buy rules.

If you are interested in being more conscious when you consume be sure to press play! Christina's insightful tips and tricks not only opened up my eyes to give Low Buy Year a try. But have also inspired a huge community on the internet to rise to the occasion as well in her Facebook group "Low Buy Beauties".

A NOTE FROM CHRISTINA | STYLE APOTHECA ON HER EPISODE

*Why Did you Start a Low Buy Year?*

One was because I was in 6 figure student debt from pharmacy school, and I chose to ignore paying it off aggressively it in favour of aiming to live a perceived "lavish" lifestlye that I thought was "normal" and that I saw my peers living, both in real life and on social media. I also assumed my new income would be able to match the lifestyle I thought was coming to me, and would be able clear the debt easily. NOT the case. My focus was I thought things like expensive shoes, avocado toast at brunch, having the latest skincare, and trips to Europe or Tulum would make me happy and feel more successful than I was. I would blame things like living in Toronto with high costs of living on the reasons why I was still in debt/why I wasn't hitting the milestones I had laid out for myself by certain ages. I would also start to blame my partner for not making enough money. The reality was that it was my impulsive spending habits that were keeping me in debt, causing my stress, straining my relationships, and keeping me from reaching the goals I want to in life (eg like travel, owning property, having savings, a wedding, financial freedom) and this had to change.

The second was that I was literally out of control in my spending and shopping. I was shopping almost constantly, especially around black Friday and Christmas of 2018 when sales were constant. I was ordering things sometimes twice a week. I was shopping out of being influenced, out of wanting to stay on trend for my blog/insta, trying to find "the perfect" XYZ every single week. I was shopping out of sheer boredom and feeling like I needed or wanted certain items to feel like I had "made it" or to feel pretty, or on trend, or confident in my core. By this point I was doing things like hiding packages before my boyfriend came home, pretending new items were old or purchased "a while ago". Almost any free time I had was dedicated to scrolling and being "on the hunt" for the next "Wardrobe essential". Financially, mentally, physically in my space, and spiritually I couldn't take it anymore. I knew I had to stop and change and that none of this stuff would be what would bring me the happiness or success I was always aiming for.

Because of these behaviours, I knew I had to do something now and something drastic, or I would be on a path to being a Broke person who happened to have nice things. I had almost no control over my finances and pretty much no control over my impulses and constant desire to "want". My life revolved around "wanting" instead of being grateful. I was also tired of being a victim of myself. I made every single choice I made in the past, and I knew I was the owner of every choice I would make in the future so it was time to start making better ones.
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I know this honest conversation will inspire anyone who is up for the challenge! Thank you Christina! Check out her channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzC9E3yXJoBSBfUKpDQKw2g
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