I am a consumer. I am not ashamed to say it. I enjoy purchasing goods for not only myself but for others as well. Target has cured many bad days for me if only for a few hours. You know those people in the mall who lure you to their kiosk to try an Organic Sea Salt Scrub from the Dead Sea, that'll make your hands feel 10 years younger? Those people used to love me.I sometime amaze myself how guillible I can be when my friends always tell me I am a cynic. Though my family and friends believe I am about three shopping bags away from an intervention, I definitely spend within my budget (mostly).
This past week I have been reading articles on sweatshops and the effects on not only the workers but on consumers and I am seriously considered changing my ways. Now I know that when most people say they want to make a change in lives, it is an grand (and unrealistic) change. Changes don't happen overnight and neither do results. That's why adjusting a small part of of life is much more realistic and easier to achieve. I know that my interest in apparel is a tough one to manage but if I start to revise my spending on quantity, and start trying to purchase things that are quality, knowing that I am not only helping myself, but also for the people who make them.
I watched this trailer the other day on HBO and found it really interesting. Its amazing that the Triangle Fire revamped the US Labor system but this example should be the standard everywhere, not just in America.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbDoBlUPJUg
Have a lovely Monday.
A.B
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