Saturday, 9 March 2013

Becoming a Homebody


How Staying at Eased the Breakup

Consumption Diary

Breakfast: President’s Choice cornflakes and President’s Choice Organics soymilk

Lunch: No Name macaroni and No Name cheese

Dinner: No Name perogies

Today’s Reflection on my Breakup

            Today actually went fairly well as far as avoiding branded products. Perhaps this is because I cheated on my breakup yesterday and had new determination to do well today. Yet, I think what is more important is that today I was at home all day. Being at home and away from the temptations of branded products, fast food places and seeing what others were eating was, I think, a big help. Also I did not have any of my friends to pressure me into eating whatever they were eating, as they often do. It seems, therefore, that there are some social pressures involved in one’s desire to buy branded foods. Having taken myself away from such social pressures for a day I found that it was easier to resist consuming branded products.

I wonder what some other ways, rather than just avoiding social settings could help one resist buying branded products? If friends, companies and other institutions offering more non-branded products would this make it easier? 

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