**💁🏼 How to use this template**

▫️ Duplicate it using the menu in the top right corner
▫️ Template consists of 3 parts: goals and rules of experiment; day-by-day diary and expense tracker; experiment debrief in the end of the 30-day period
▫️ You will have to change dates manually in the date column

Table:
▫️ "No buy" - check if you didn't buy anything that day
▫️ Craving - things you feel like buying
▫️ Money saved - from things you didn't buy
▫️ Speding - things you ended up buying
▫️ Shopping attempts - everytime you go to any store (offline or online) or just research something you think of buying

Diary:
▫️ Click on each day (i.e. on "Day 1") to open it in a new page and fill in the questionnaire

**🌻 This template was created by Stella Vasileva from is it sustainable channel 
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Days of experiment

At least: 30 days Dream plan: 3 months

My reasons to do it

• [ ] Conscious consumption (buy less & own less)
• [ ] Avoid impulse buy
• [ ] Track my spending
• [ ] Get used to run a wishlist (instead of buying)
• [ ] See how much I can save on unnecessary stuff
• [ ] Spend less time on shopping / researching things I want to buy

Rules

• [ ] No new clothes
• [ ] No personal care (unless it's an empty bottle and there is nothing else)
• [ ] No household items (unless something will run out)
• [ ] No coffee/snacks to go
• [ ] No takeout food
• [ ] No improvement items (decor, furniture, and no kitchen tools)
• [ ] no long-lasting food (do pantry decluttering instead)
• [ ] no books & magazines (use library)
• [ ] not buying anything for my hobbies
• [ ] no new paid apps or services
• [ ] no new gadgets (even for my blogs!)
• [ ] no paid beauty or self-care procedures
• [ ] no new plants!
• [ ] no pet items & snacks (we have enough)

Exceptions

• [ ] rent & utility bills
• [ ] urgent medical expenses
• [ ] any payments towards investments, debt pay off, etc
• [ ] any expenses that are non-avoidable (fees & fines)
• [ ] grocery (but limit to once a month and ONLY with a shopping list)
• [ ] Snacks are allowed if they are bought with other groceries
• [ ] restaurants (in moderation: when meeting friends or for date nights)
• [ ] if anything essential runs out (i.e. toothpaste) or breaks (coffee machine)
• [ ] gifts (unless they can be handmade or avoided altogether)
• [ ] travel
• [ ] necessary expenses planned in advance (i.e. camping gear for an upcoming trip)

Cheats allowed (after the first month)

• [ ] Any take out food if bought by my partner
• [ ] Camping gear if absolutely necessary and if from the wishlist created a long time ago
• [ ] Needed items for fishing (but only the absolute bare minimum!)
• [ ] (more cheats to be added after the first month)

Things that might be challenging for me

• [ ] Not buying anything for my new hobbies
• [ ] not buying any clothes (even thrifted) - I am working on my new style ;-/
• [ ] not buying any takeout (we do it quite often)
• [ ] camping and fishing gear (we are missing some essential things)
• [ ] not buying new home stuff (i.e. I technically need new shelves and few containers...)
• [ ] not paying for new apps/services
• [ ] buying grocery only based on the shopping list

What can help me with this experiment

• [ ] Experiment with swapping instead of buying
• [ ] Rent instead of buy (to own less!)
• [ ] Pantry decluttering
• [ ] Declutter & resell clothes and other things
• [ ] Finally, start to mend/sew my own clothes
• [ ] Keep a track of expenses and figure out how much I spend per category
• [ ] Organize my closet and see if there are items that are truly missing - create a wishlist
• [ ] Get inspired to cook more at home
• [ ] Keep a diary of this experiment to make it fun

💸 Experiment's Diary

Experiment results

Days of experiment

30

Lessons learned from this experiment

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What helped me to keep going?

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Things I didn't buy (and I know now it was a good idea)

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Things I couldn't buy, but I do need them (aka worth buying now)