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!
What I learned from not buying any new clothes for a year.
Last year I challenged myself to not buy any new clothing for one full year. I was allowed to shop second hand if I needed anything, but the goal was to make a clean cut from my mindless consumption of fast fashion, once and for all. Here’s how that year went, and what I learned from my challenge!