You know about Dry January, right? It’s where you give up alcohol for the first month of the year. This idea inspired our own challenge, and in March, we each gave up a specific type of spending to see what would happen. For Cassidy, that meant cutting out Amazon completely, while Emily challenged herself to shop only at local businesses for all discretionary purchases. We called it Dry March and recorded everything to share in this episode.

What began as a money experiment revealed a lot about convenience, community, connection, and the hidden mental load of modern shopping habits.

In this episode:

📌 Time Stamps:

[00:03:00] Cassidy's surprising discoveries about her Amazon habits and subscriptions

[00:07:00] The financial and psychological impact of abandoning the convenience of one-click shopping

[00:17:00] How shopping locally helped deepen Emily's connection to her community

[00:27:00] The unexpected challenges of maintaining spending limitations while traveling

[00:32:00] What surprised us during and after this challenge

[00:34:00] What's next for our spending habits after the challenge

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