Activities to Reduce Your Need to Shop - A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste (Part II)

In my last posting, I introduced the idea that the current downturn might just be a tipping point for overshoppers, that its economic pressure might shake them out of denial and drive them to begin stopping overshopping. That they do so is essential, because compulsive buying is a square peg for a round hole, an inadequate substitute for (or a distraction from) the fulfillment of unmet needs, whether emotional, social, or spiritual.