I’m very late to this video but I came to say you can bake bread in your dutch oven! There are even recipes that are specific for that method if you need them

The fact that you have a storage unit (and I did too until recently) - means that there's a TON of stuff that you don't need and it was a sign that I didn't need stuff that was in storage. :)

not buying anymore houseplants this year. I have learned to care of the ones I already have. And how to multiply/propagate them so no new houseplants needed. Free exchanges in the local community is allowed though. What would I be putting that money saved towards you ask? A house ☺ now it won't make a big dent in my savings to be able to buy in ATX but every bit helps in ATX 😅 (also, thanks for introducing me to Open House Austin!)

You have picked all the right things to stop buying and I say that because those are all the things I need to stop buying, too.

“We use spending as a weird form of social control” 👏

I got Hulu recently, but to balance it out I cancelled Netflix. I have enough reusable water bottles to last a lifetime and they've all been free work swag, but they're excessive. 😆

This year I'm planning to move out of my parents' house and start living with my boyfriend 🤞🏻I'm also planning to avoid buying any new clothes and books (I swear this is the year I finish the ones I already own!). Also, thank you so much for proudly wearing secondhand clothes! Most of my wardrobe is secondhand and I wish it were more socially acceptable to brag about one's secondhand outfits 😆

In terms of kitchen appliances, you can cook basically anything in the ninja air fryer. That and a good rice cooker is all we use anymore!! And I am so thankful to never have to clean an oven ever again

Moved out on my own, so it's definitely time to pinch! I will not be buying a TV, so I'm not paying for any streaming services. I don't have an extensive skin care routine but I doooooooo have an extensive disabled girl care routine (can't do anything about that). Once I finish my veggie powder, I'm not buying them anymore. The price of that AND my protein powder is over 100 bucks at this point. Yikes. I'm also not buying any kitchen trinkets, dodads, or thingamajigs (this includes an obsession I have for thrifted glassware and bowls). Last year I was working on getting all the cute storage things, but the situation has changed, we're not doing that anymore lmfao. whereever however stuff fits is how it'll go.

The Stanley cup drives me insane!

Yeah self improvement does get a little weird.

😂 I own both a hydroflask and a yeti cup, but in my defense, one was a gift and the other is from my school’s lost & found. No Stanley cup, but one of the other teachers got one as a Christmas gift, so perhaps I’ll receive one…

70% of the US Economy is consumer spending? Damn! Am curious what that does not include.

The chokehold that the Stanley cup has on Tiktok 😂