The Ipad3 is now available in South Africa, just this week Nashua mobile said they have the thing available for on contract or cash. The thing is, I dont or wont buy an ipad for the simple reason that it is not lasting. Now let me explain what i mean with that. With lasting i mean they dont bring out an Ipad and there it is, no they have to bring out the first one then buy the time you have enough cash for the 1st one then there is a second. By the second one if you dont buy it you probably really want it so you save up for the second one by the time you have just enough cash to buy the second Ipad then guess what. Ipad3 comes out.

There you sit with your brand new Ipad 2 while thinking you wish you had an Ipad 3 but I bet you by the time you got enough spare cash for number 3 then the next one will probably be out. That is what i mean with a lasting product. Unlike the Ipad.

Malls are made for shops, companies and corporations. Malls are not made for people. Think about the old days when people had to grow their own food, hunt for their own food and farm their own food. Think about the reward they got. Hard work and small reward but the reward meant so much more.

This is not the same as working a job you dont like then getting a reward you already knew the outcome of. The excitement of the small reward outweighs the rewards of which of was known before receiving it.

Point is, the reward is not that big when shopping because of the want when walking through a mall. Take this for example.

A guy goes hunting for food, he captures a rabbit. The reward was huge because he only spotted the rabbit, maybe a few other animals but not lines and rows of animals that he really wants. Imagine he walked through a mall, saw 100′s of rows of goats for example, thousands of animals that could be eaten, then at the end he gets the rabbit. The satisfaction will just not be the same.

Be a minimalist shopper this year.

I just thought about something i think i’ll try to stick with. I’m not really one for new year’s resolutions but I’m going to try my best not to buy anything in 2012. Obviously if there are bills for hosting, petrol for the car or maybe a tire that needs to be replaced i’ll do it. This also excludes things that I need for health sake, like pills or toothbrushes. Basically I’m going to try not to buy anything at all as much as possible.

Is this even possible? My wife busy the food so that also excludes that and might make it a bit unfair for others that might want to do the same but the project is with common sense, you have to eat obviously.

The main thing is not to buy gadgets, software, junk i dont need, camping gear etc. If i want something i’m going to have to make it myself.

Is this possible?