How I'm Saving Money 💸 🥳 (underconsumption, spending habits & lifestyle creep)

Folks, it's happening. We are entering the fourth quarter of 2026, which means a high spend time of year. Research shows that consumer spending skyrockets during this time of year, and people in my life throw their budget to the wolves when it comes to holiday spending, Christmas gifts, etc. And personally for me, I'm someone who really likes to goal

set and I'm very motivated at the beginning of the year, but come the end of the year, it becomes a lot harder to be as committed to spending less money. So, I thought, "What if I make a video about the ways that I am still saving money right now and ways that I am being

kinder to my wallet?" And if you didn't already know, my videos usually focus a little bit more on how to be kinder to the planet, but a lot of times the ways to be kinder to the planet are also better on your wallet. And my ultimate goal on this channel is to get you to

stop shopping and scrolling and instead invest in things like your community and creativity. And if you didn't already know that, I would love to have you hit the subscribe button. Stick around for more videos like this. These are some ways that I've been saving money recently, and I cannot talk about ways that I save money without including

borrowing and sharing with your community. That is always one of my go-to's when people ask me how sustainable living can be more affordable, my answer is borrowing, shopping less, sharing with your community. Okay? These are some of the ways I've done that recently. First up under borrowing is a Cricut. Apparently, it's like 50/50 if people know what this

is or not. I thought everyone knew what a Cricut is, but that's because I grew up in like suburbia, America, when they were first coming out and everybody's mom had one. I was also on a dance team, so it makes sense, yeah, that moms were buying those to put like monograms on absolutely everything. So, let me know