Sustainable Challenge: A Year of Only Second Hand Clothing

Last year, as 2022 ended and I began to think about what I wanted to change in my life in 2023, I came up with a challenge for myself that had just a few simple rules. The most important rule was: to not buy any brand new clothing for an entire year. If I needed to buy anything at all, I would have to thrift it, find it on Facebook marketplace, or swap/trade for it!

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Living sustainably doesn’t have to be all or nothing. I love incorporating greener ways of doing things wherever it makes sense for me and my family, and these sustainable swaps have often ended up saving us money and enriching our lives in ways we didn’t anticipate!

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