Personal Narrative: If Buy Nothing Day

Just like other teenagers and even adults I tend to spend a lot of time with friends either going to the movies, shopping, or even small things like eating out. This was the most difficult for me because my friends would ask if we could grab a burger from Mooyah or Sonic slush. I typically reply with an immediate "sure why not" but realizing I wanted to stay away from spending money we went to the park and walked around instead of opening our wallets. Throughout the day I realized I wasn't able to purchase any freshly fried junk food or rent La La Land, giving up these guilty favorites of mine I discovered a lot of my typical days. I feel consumerism and consumption add unneeded stress, hurt my health, as well as destroy simplicity in life, just sleeping over at your best friend's house and talking to them until sunrise is no longer enough for people.
I feel I would gain more humility in understanding you can't get items or you don't need them. With that humility, it opens a door to a more focused, simple, and satisfied lifestyle that sounds pretty