Maureen and I have made a commitment for the following year. Or as she says so insightfully, we should be committed. I tend to like these social experiments as I call them. Maureen proposed this one and it seems like it would be a fun way to better understand myself, my family and the world we inhabit.
Simply stated:
1--We will buy no new clothing for one calendar year.
2--We will not purchase anything made in China.
--Exceptions:
--If we find something we that we use quite a bit, and it is at least 75% off, that is fair game for purchase.
--If something needs to be replaced, used clothing is fair also. Used is the key here.
--If we truly need something and China is the only place it is made, then we may buy it.
We both know the second resolution is going to be the most difficult of the two. I already know that as a baseball coach, I have to buy from China. I have been looking at the baseballs we use. Two of the brands we use are made in China. Our governing section specifies one model of ball for the playoffs; I'm sure it is made in China like the other two I've checked out. This will take work. But I am committed to carry this commitment over into my business (baseball) and not just my personal life.
The clothing commitment on the surface doesn't seem difficult, but I'm sure something will happen this year to make it a challenge. I have been wearing recycled/used/reclaimed clothing for years. I have toyed with the idea of buying four or five sets of the same clothing. No choices about what to wear in the morning, just put the clothes on. I read somewhere Stanley Kubrick or another British actor/director did that, but not as an experiment. Just simplifying life. An artist in Seattle did this in the Brown Dress Project. (Thank you, Nancy.) I haven't read this yet, but will at another time.
This will be fun.
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