Black Friday

I've never understood the need everyone feels to go out and shop the day after Thanksgiving. To me, it seems like the antithesis of Thanksgiving. It is the holiday to be happy with what you have, however much or little you actually have. I suppose spending an additional day with all your family can be stressful, but to me, jostling and muscling your way through the claustrophobic isles seems like more stress then your family could ever inflict on you.

That is why I fully support Buy Nothing Day. In the United States it will be Friday, November 23, the day after Thanksgiving. The rest of the world will be celebrating the following Saturday. Buy Nothing Day is more than just cutting down on the hemorrhaging of cash for the sake of tradition. It's ultimate goal is to spread the message that we all need to cut down on the massage amounts of consumption that we all do. It's hurting ourselves, our environment, and the future. I hope people decide to forgo the post-turkey-holiday shopping crush and find others ways to spend their Friday. For myself, I'll be hiking with my family and receiving a massage that my mom booked for me. :)