It's been a while since I stepped foot into a goodwill. Beyond being able to find everyday items for super cheap prices, I love the broader mission of goodwill and all its efforts towards social equity.
My goodwill budget is always between $10-$20. Sometimes I will intentionally not bring my wallet and only carry a paper bill to represent my spending cap because it is easy to get carried away while thrifting.
My second restriction is, I will only shop or buy items with the sale tag of the day to ensure I get the additional 50% off. This takes a lot of discipline especially when you find something you love but it's not in the sale tag color of the day. You have to let it go and try again next time. So everything in this picture was 50% off the price tags.
1. Linchpin : Are you Indispensable by Seth Godin
Seth Godin is an American author who's books turn to focus on entrepreneurship. This book was published in 2010 but am sure it's lessons are still applicable today. I picked it up because it seems to be more focused on the person and not on how to implement business ideas. Lately, I have found myself looking back to consume books/podcasts/music/etc from the past. I am trying to learn to pause and let the things am learning sink in before I move on to the next thing.
2. Fasting for Break through and Deliverance by John Eckhardt.
I picked up this book because I've been drawn to fasting lately but wasn't sure on how to go about it. Over the years, I have tried to incorporate more things in my fasting periods beyond food. Abstaining from food but poisoning your mind with 24/7 of mindless social media entertainment to distract yourself from the hunger pangs doesn't constitute an appropriate fast in my opinion.
Especially a spiritual based one.
3. How to Become a real estate investor by Henderson.A.Fiddler
I am currently on Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University Baby Step 2 : Paying down my debt . After that, I am interested in getting started with real estate investments. There is A LOT of information on the internet about real estate investments. So much so that I feel overwhelmed every time I try to explore the topics. I like the idea of having ONE BOOK to read, underline and learn about the basics. Kind of like an introductory course.
Information overload sometimes causes me to become paralyzed with indecision and confusion.
4. Kenyan Cap
Kenya and Ghana have been on my mine for a long time now as travel destinations. This cap is a reminder to follow through and book that trip to Kenya. Plus I've been enjoying watching a lot of Kenyan content on YouTube. Perhaps I'll do a blog post with the Kenyan Youtubers I follow.
5. Charlotte Russe sun glasses because I own no glasses and the 114 degrees summer weather in Las Vegas insist that I become an owner of sun glasses for the sake of my eyes. Why people spend $$$$$$$$ on sunglasses that are made in china for cheap, I will never understand.
Did you know , Italian brand Luxottica (owned by Italian Billionaire Leonardo Del Vecchio) has a monopoly of %90+ of the Sunglasses and Prescription glasses market? And they also own the vision insurance company EyeMed Vision Car. So from the expensive brands to the cheap ones, they own it all and make it for similar prices but market them at different price points. That's why its not worth it, in my opinion to spend so much money on sunglasses.
To each their own. For me, this will suffice. Chances are I will loose it, leave it in a friend's car, sit on it and break it etc....Hence why I stick to buying cheap. Longevity of sunglasses has to do with you taking care of them, not their price tag. I guess if I spent $300 like my friend did, on a pair of glasses am more likely to take care of it....except she sat on it and broke it in like a week lol....and I told her to buy a case for it.
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Each book was $1.99 The Kenyan cap was also $1.99
The Charlotte Rousse glasses were $3.00
Since I only selected items with the designated additional 50% off color tag for the day, I ended up only spending about $6 for all the items. This is a good time to go thrifting because people have been quarantined at home for 3 months. In that time they've done some spring cleaning and taken unused items to the thrift stores donation centers. I also I support thrifting because it contributes to stopping fast fashion, wastage and contributes monetary to all the social agendas of the Goodwill organization.
Covid-19 note: Please make sure to wash everything from the thrift store unless it can't be washed like a book, then wipe it down with a bleach based wipe like Clorox wipes.
