Someone in the non-consumer advocate just asked this question. She said she says three motives: environmental; financial; and just “baked-in” – as in, have always been thrifty (whether because our grandparents went through the Depression, or we feel like we were just born this way, or whatever).
I replied:
Like so many others who responded to this question, I am all three: 1) eco-social; 2) financial; and 3) “baked in” (which for me includes my artistic aesthetic of shabby/stylish).
Oh, and there’s also crafty, I don’t know if that fits into one of the categories, or all, or a fourth. Depends what day it is ha ha!
(BTW this post was clipped from an incredibly enjoyable and practical group called @the non-consumer advocate. It’s a private group, So I cannot share directly here. But you can read the post in its entirety — as well as so many other excellent posts, with extensive comment sections — by joining the group. If you are not already a member, which many of my friends and followers already are! It’s been fun seeing lots of you guys in there.)
I can’t seem to tag the group but the name is the non-consumer advocate. There are about 100,000 members and they live all around the world so you can imagine how rich a resource this group is.
Update:
Oh wow! The group is up to 163K members now! Here is a screenshot so you can visually identify it, and here is the link to the group: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/19zftYJ2Qc/?mibextid=K35XfP
The Non-Consumer Advocate is the name you type into the Facebook search field in case the link does not work for you.
See my post here on Facebook to see the visual screenshot of the group. It’s in the comments.