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In her late 20s, Cait Flanders found herself stuck in the consumerism cycle that grips so many of us: earn more, buy more, want more, rinse, repeat. Even after she worked her way out of nearly $30,000 of consumer debt, her old habits took hold again. Realizing that nothing she was buying was making her happy, she decided to set herself a challenge: she would not shop for an entire year.