{"id":6521,"date":"2022-01-11T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/?p=6521"},"modified":"2024-12-12T07:35:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T12:35:06","slug":"2021-purchasing-habits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/2021-purchasing-habits\/","title":{"rendered":"Reviewing My Purchasing Habits"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Surprisingly, I actually have a short post for you today. As I’ve discussed previously, I’m trying hard to ensure that I think through my pen purchases. I seem to have done fairly well with that in 2021. I sold 14 pens last year, and not one of them was purchased in 2021. That put me ahead of the same-year sales I had in 2020 (2), 2019 (3), and 2018 (4).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I disposed of less pens in 2021 than 2020 (17), 2019 (15), and 2018 (26). However, I only bought two more pens (42) in 2021 than 2020 (40) despite a significant positive change in our financial situation. I’m pretty proud of myself for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Plans for 2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For the first time ever, I’m actually putting a cap on my purchasing. I want to keep my pen purchases this year to 24 or less. I think that’s still pretty generous. I’m not going to put a price cap on the pens, but I’ll likely be focusing on indie brands. I’d like to cross items off of my wish list, which I’ll share soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, I’m happy with my continued thoughtful purchasing behavior. But, as my collection continues growing, I’m aware that I need to be more and more vigilant that I don’t overbuy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How did your pen collection change in 2021? Did you buy more or less than 2020? Did you sell any pens? Let me know in the comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’m taking a quick look back at my pen purchasing habits in 2021. I didn’t do too bad. Let’s see if I can do even better in 2022.<\/p>\n

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