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No new things, no problem: How to crush a no-buy challenge

Expert advice from those who’ve successfully gone without.

By

Matt Berical

a wallet wrapped in a chain and locked to avoid spending
Without opening your banking app, can you count how many things you bought in the past month? We’re not talking about grocery-store runs, but the rest: meals out, gifts, décor, coffees, beauty p……
Matt Berical
Matt Berical is Senior Editor at one5c and a longtime writer and editor based in Richmond, Virginia. Most recently, he was the deputy editor of the parenting site Fatherly for seven years. His work has appeared in GQ, Men’s Journal, Taste, Popular Science, and more.
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