Cómo dejar de comprar cosas que no necesitas

Aprende a ahorrar dinero, recuperar espacio y hallar paz mental.

Ver en el navegador|nytimes.com/es 8 de marzo de 2025 Esta es una edición en español del boletín Well, que, como estás registrado a El Times, creemos que puede interesarte. Lo recibirás los sábados, con una selección semanal de notas de bienestar. Ilustración por Matt Chase; fotografías por Shutterstock Por Jancee Dunn En dos semanas llegará el primer día de primavera, y yo ya empecé mi tradición estacional de reducir mis posesiones: he abordado mini proyectos de organización, que los expertos llaman "despeje gradual". (Purgué la zona tenebrosa de debajo del lavabo de mi cuarto de baño).Y me he deshecho de objetos con valor sentimental, como una vajilla usada que no utilizaba desde hacía una década. Es gratificante tener una estantería vacía, pero resistirse a la tentación de llenarla de cosas nuevas puede ser difícil. Sin embargo, cuando "cierras el grifo de las compras", ahorras dinero, tienes menos cosas que mantener y eres más respetuoso con el medio ambiente, dijo Ashlee Piper, consultora de sostenibilidad para empresas y particulares y autora de la guía de próxima publicación No New Things. Pregunté a Piper y a otros expertos por sus mejores consejos para dejar de comprar cosas innecesarias. Haz que comprar sea menos sencillo Comprar se ha convertido en una "experiencia sin fricción", dijo Piper, que te permite comprar cosas con solo pulsar un botón. Así que crear fricción te ayudará a comprar menos. Una forma de hacerlo es eliminar los datos de tu tarjeta de crédito de tus cuentas en las tiendas en línea, de modo que tardes más en hacer una compra, dijo Piper. "Tener que levantarte, coger la cartera, sacar la tarjeta de crédito y teclear el número es tiempo suficiente para tomar aliento y pensar: '¿De verdad necesito esto? ¿Qué diablos voy a hacer con esto?'", explicó. Y bloquea cualquier correo electrónico, mensaje de texto o notificación de las tiendas, dijo Piper. Como ella escribe: "No eres el contacto de emergencia de Banana Republic, así que ¿por qué permites que te envíen mensajes a todas horas del día?". No compres para tu 'yo del futuro' Courtney Carver, autora de Gentle: Rest More, Stress Less, and Live the Life You Actually Want, dice que cuando siente la tentación de comprar algo, se pregunta a sí misma: ¿Es útil para mi vida hoy, ahora mismo? ¿Lo utilizaré realmente en los próximos 30 días? No te dejes engañar por la versión idealizada que tienes de tu yo del futuro, dijo Carver. Cuando era más joven, Carver compraba zapatos inspirados en los de Carrie Bradshaw en Sexo en la ciudad, aunque "no podía andar con ellos y no tenía ocasiones para ponérmelos". Una vez compré un juego de fondue que estuvo sin abrir durante años hasta que lo regalé. Ojalá fuera yo el tipo de persona que organiza fiestas de fondue. Pero resulta que no lo soy. Prueba hacer una 'pausa en la compra' Durante un mes, fíjate cada vez que sientas la tentación de comprar algo que no sea esencial, sugirió Piper. Luego, en lugar de ceder a la tentación, anota el objeto en la aplicación Notas de tu teléfono o en un cuaderno. Al final del mes, dijo, mira la lista y pregúntate si sigues queriendo esas cosas. A menudo, añadió, la respuesta es no. Hice esto durante una semana, y mi lista contenía ocho artículos, entre ellos un exprimidor de limones con forma de cisne y una crema para el cuello demasiado cara. Cuando volví a mi lista, me había olvidado de la mayoría de los artículos que contenía y que en su momento parecían vitales para mi felicidad. Durante las "pausas en la compra" de Piper, también anotaba en qué estado de ánimo se encontraba cuando quería comprar cosas. A menudo, descubrió que estaba estresada, triste o aburrida. Además, Piper me dijo que intentaba reconocer cualquier patrón en las compras, como adquirir cosas en una tienda de TikTok al revisar el teléfono a altas horas de la noche. Ahorra espacio pidiendo prestado Piper dijo que, en el caso de los objetos que solo utilizas de vez en cuando, vale la pena considerar la posibilidad de alquilarlos o conseguir que te los presten. Shira Gill, experta en organización y autora de LifeStyled, dijo que ella intercambia vestidos con una amiga para eventos como bodas. Gill dijo que también puedes recurrir a los grupos de alguna comunidad para una variedad aparentemente interminable de cosas. Comprueba si Facebook Marketplace tiene un grupo para intercambiar y compartir en tu zona, o prueba el Buy Nothing Project para encontrar un grupo cercano al que puedas unirte. Muchas bibliotecas públicas ofrecen una "biblioteca de cosas", que puede incluir artículos como juegos de mesa e incluso herramientas eléctricas, dijo Gill. La mía ofrece bongós, luces de discoteca y una máquina de karaoke, por si alguna vez organizo una fiesta. Eso sí: no serviré fondue. Antes de que te vayas ¿Tu pareja ronca y no te deja dormir? He aquí un plan de acción Algunos datos sugieren que hasta la mitad de los adultos de Estados Unidos roncan con regularidad, y sus parejas a menudo tienen dificultades para descansar. Los expertos comparten soluciones que podrían ayudar. Lee el artículo: Mi pareja ronca. ¿Cómo puedo dormir un poco? MÁS LECTURAS DE LA SECCIÓN DE BIENESTAR DEL TIMES, CON EÑES Y ACENTOS Tony Luong para The New York Times Cómo desprenderte de objetos con valor sentimental Hay objetos que producen cierta alegría, pero otros solo ocupan espacio, física y emocionalmente. Aquí algunos consejos para deshacerte de lo que no necesitas. By Christina Caron Getty Images Un tercio de las mujeres contrae esta infección. El remedio: tratar a sus parejas masculinas Lo más probable es que la vaginosis bacteriana sea una infección de transmisión sexual, según un nuevo estudio. By Alisha Haridasani Gupta Ilustración de The New York Times; Fotografías de Getty Images Tu entrenamiento debe doler. Pero ¿cuándo es el dolor una señal de alarma? Las decisiones que tomes en el momento —o al día siguiente— pueden ser la diferencia entre una molestia temporal y un problema persistente. By Erik Vance P. D.: ¿Tienes una pregunta de salud para nuestros periodistas? Podrían responderla reporteros y expertos del Times en una futura columna de Pregúntale a Well. Ingresa tu pregunta aquí. El Times Una selección semanal de historias en español que no encontrarás en ningún otro sitio, con eñes y acentos. Recíbelo en tu bandeja de entrada ¿Necesitas ayuda? Consulta nuestra página de Ayuda para el boletín o contáctanos. Recibiste este correo electrónico porque te registraste en el boletín El Times de The New York Times. 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The Morning: Lightening up

Daylight saving time begins tomorrow. It's time for us to grow lighter, too.

View in browser|nytimes.com March 8, 2025 By Melissa Kirsch Good morning. Daylight saving time begins tomorrow, and the days are getting lighter and more expansive. If we want to, we can, too. María Jesús Contreras Lightening up Daylight is adding up, about three minutes more each day as March progresses, give or take. Tomorrow, we bank a full hour at once: Change your clocks, change your smoke detector batteries, start planning menus around tender lettuces. Spring hasn't arrived yet, but her plane's definitely left the ground. I call this time of year The Great Thaw, or sometimes The Great Unclenching. Despite winter's cozy associations with holiday gathering, with mugs of cocoa enjoyed before the blazing hearth, it's always felt to me like a time of contraction, of hoarding. We button and zip ourselves up into ourselves and move quickly past one another. We sleep more and default to indoors. The days are always ending again. When the light returns, something unclenches in me, and I like to imagine that it does in all of us, although I know better than to impute my own longing for the warmer months to the bewildering characters who prefer the cold. "Daylight Saving Time Begins." That entry on the calendar always reads like a triumphant return, a welcome back. We tried this "standard time" thing all winter, tried being measured and responsible with how we spent our time, and now, exhale, finally, that's over. Now, we will loosen up. Now we will stop being so withholding and rigid with our time, with our presence, with our imaginations. Now a perfectly good Saturday plan is just to meet up outside and see what develops. The season of scarcity is coming to a close and now we will spend ourselves with abandon. Whether or not you feel a sort of inner unleashing happening this time of year, opening up is a seductive prospect, isn't it? 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