30+ No-Spend Activities for an EASIER No-Buy or Low-Buy | minimalism + saving money

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Sounds like a fun, “free” channel. Lol

I learned how to craft my own coffee lattes. Now mornings are cheaper and tastier.

Another great tips video and you look fabulous as always 🎉❤

Just a note: a hobby needs money. To take on painting you still have to buy all the materials and so as for any other hobby. So, taking on a new hobby might contradict the "no buy" strategy. Also, it is quite easy to get hooked: better materials and more projects. And then half of those just lie around unfinished. Need to be careful about this one.

Any chance a new house tour is coming up?

Going to the beach - for those who live close to it

New to this channel, love it!

Great Dopamine menu! Clever and practical!!

i love the library for free movies! mine also has a tea class that i just signed up for.

i'm doing a low buy. i like to space out & savor the "allowed" purchases. dosing the dopamine. i made a short list of clothing items that i've been on the hunt for a while & over the course of 8mo i'm trying to only purchase one every 2mo. i take my time to enjoy the purchase, delivery, initial try on & each use of the item. it's working so far!

Awful, I am happy buying nice items, winter is cold and depressing. Saving is petty

Also sorry I really wanted to like this video but 99% of the things you gave out on your "dopamine" list are not dopamine, they are WORK, they take energy they don't give it. I'm sorry but you're NOT making a case for not being miserable, your painting an incredibly depressing picture of life if all I have to look forward to is folding laundry, organizing corners of my house, painting my nails and writing myself compliments. Good God Girl Get a Grip.

I am from one of those "happiest" countries in the world and I do not like to go outside when it's cold. And also, all of us are depressed af, those questionnaires measure happiness on a societal scale of basic life necessities being covered, happiness in governments and reliability of public trasport, cleanliness, trust in press, freedom of speech, stuff like that, not our mental health which is in shambles and always has been. In Finland we have the highest rates of youth drug deaths in Europe AND even that loudly touted ending of homelessness is not true, our homelessness numbers have been constantly rising because of cuts to housing and health services and rising housing prices. So the happiness ppl here experience is completely tied to their incomes and privileges, just like everywhere else.

Can prayer replace meditation?

Hi Marissa. I live your videos! Great job! Which platform did you use for your printable menu?

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My library has state park passes! It's amazing 😍

Bake something
Visit a new nature area or a new neighbourhood in the town you live in, have a stroll and looking a peoples gardens.
Visiting a garden/park, here in sweden there are some free gardens or parks that is free to visit

Hi Marissa, I love your full body hoodie that you wear in the video! I am searching like crazy but I can't find any hoodie that is so nicely long to the ground en also thick. Would you maybe like to share where you have it from? Thank you very much! ❤

My favorite activity is to spend time with my great granddaughters, it doesn't have to expensive, we go to library. They offer programs, I am also teaching them to sew, crochet & knit & to cook & bake. They are the joy in our lives.

If you want to unsubscribe from email lists, the app "UnRoll Me" is so so helpful and allows you to put in your emails and unsubscribes you from emails you don't want

Volunteering is great too, it's free and statistically-speaking does more to boost happiness than any other "self-care" activity.

Thank you Marissa! I'm really enjoying your videos. Another idea for a free dopamine boost for people with kids or grandkids is to write little notes or even a full letter to your children and then sneak them into their lunch box or backpack as a surprise.

Where is your bedframe from?

Some cities and towns have an art walk once a month which may include free entrance to art museums. Some libraries offer a limited number of free tickets to local attractions like the aquarium or museums. Many libraries have streaming options, downloadable books magazines and audio books, as well as sites like Ancestry (although you may have to use that at the library). Many libraries also offer reciprocal cards with neighboring systems so you can take a trip to another area, explore their library and get a card, and then use that to access downloadables via Libby. Looking for Little Free Libraries (and other sidewalk joy like LF Art Galleries) can be fun too.

Picnics are one of my favorite activities! Especially with my hubby or friends.

Happy Tuesday! I have a question for you. Do you have any suggestions for realistic fake candles? Trying to burn the last few I have and I want to keep those toxic things out of the house, but I love candles. I am wanting something realistic looking and don't really know which way to turn. Just wondering if you have any experiences with the battery operated fake ones.

As someone with ADD thank you for this list :)

Thank you❤ I love your videos

Marissa, thanks so much for sharing. I almost always find your content encouraging and refreshing!!!

Thank you for this great video! I enjoyed the format you came up with - creative 👍🏻

We love free activities such as riding bikes and going on hikes. My husband and I did saw so much of our state by not wasting our time in restaurants or malls. It also saved us a lot of money. We are currently debt free including our house and I’m able to stay home with my 2 very young children.

I enjoy how relatable you are. I think we’d be friends if we ever met. You just seem so down to earth and real. You are wonderful to watch.

It's inspiring 😊
The only thing that shocked me is that you say "Killing two birds with one Stone" when you achive two things at once. Poor birds 😮
In germany we say "zwei Fliegen mit einer Klappe schlagen" which means hitting two flies at the same time

Like long hair on you

#13 is awesome too. It's up higher on my list for sure.

I've been getting into birdwatching more lately. There are so many little things to do outside of just buying things and being on screens all of the time. Nice list.

These are so great and simple to do. :)

The link for the “FREE Dopamine Menu” is Not ok… It sent me a e-mail and when I click the link in the e-mail it was forcing me to re-log into my Google account and give it my password…. I’m NOT doing that for some random site.

I actually just taught a free class at my local library for hand building with clay! Libraries are awesome resources, they do so much for communities. Thank you for highlighting them.

Also, there’s a park up there in IL you’d love called Fabyan Forest Preserve. They’ve got an old windmill and a Japanese Garden as well as paved trails and picnic areas.

I love How To ADHD. I'm on the spectrum and ADHD and honestly combining stuff from both of your channels has helped me so much

Such a good video and helpful

I like to organize or clean something while watching a video.

Thanks for the fun list!

I'm doing the slow year buy and now, inthe middle of the second month, I think is incredible how much space I am getting in cabinets, drawers etc.. at the things are getting finished and I won't buy it again 😅

Hey Marissa what do you mean by " a type A personality" ? Love your content XOXO 💌🤗

I love this..I put a no spend list on my phone and literally had to open and read it yesterday in Ikea and it worked!! Love this idea, thank you for sharing!

Two no spend things for me are to learn a new song on my guitar or to go somewhere with camera in hand and look for interesting things to photograph. Thank heavens for digital photography!