Cait Flanders bought nothing but basic necessities like food and toothpaste for two years now she’s written a book to help others break their spending habits and overcome debt.
“I was so programmed, many of us are, that we do things habitually and we don’t really question it,” Flanders told CBC Radio’s Ottawa Morning Monday. “My hope with other people is that they find what they value and spend money only on what they value.”
Flanders wrote about her two-year shopping fast in a new memoir called The Year of Less. She’s currently on a book tour across Canada to share her journey, and her latest stop is in Ottawa.
Flanders also got rid of 75 per cent of her belongings, she said. (Cait Flanders)
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