Hailey Evans was trapped in a job that was making her miserable. She longed to leave her 9 to 5 to have more time to travel and pursue freelance projects.
海莉·埃文斯被困在工作中,心力交瘁。她渴望摆脱朝九晚五的生活,有更多的时间去旅行,从事自由职业项目。
Yet — as Hailey confessed in a very personal-yet-public YouTube video — she had created a financial trap for herself. Trapped in a cycle of "work, spend, debt, repeat" she needed the job she didn’t like to pay for things she didn’t actually need.
海莉在一段 YouTube 视频中坦言,自己陷入了一个财务陷阱——“工作、消费、债务、重复”的循环中,她只能继续从事她不喜欢的工作来为她的消费习惯和债务买单。
她认为是时候做出改变了。
In 2019, something did change. Hailey declared it a "no-buy year".
2019 年,海莉开始行动。海莉宣布今年是自己的“不买年”。她决定不买东西,实行严格的节俭制度。只在必需品上花钱(如食品等),不会把钱花在外出就餐、衣服、化妆品和所有不必要的购物上。
几个月后,海莉毅然决然地辞掉了工作。2019 年 12 月,“不买年”即将结束,她的生活发生了彻底的改变。海莉找到时间发展自己的事业,成了一名化妆师。她用一个月的时间在欧洲背包旅行,在希腊做志愿者、交朋友。
She was more grounded. More confident. Visibly happier and more comfortable in her own skin.
她变得更加沉稳,更加自信,明显更加快乐,也更加自在。
"I've managed to determine the difference between something I want, something I like, and something I need," Hailey confessed to her YouTube audience.
“我已经分清了我想要的东西、我喜欢的东西和我需要的东西之间的区别。”海莉向她的 YouTube 观众坦言。
Hailey displays a new, simpler style that reflects her true values. She has discovered a new-found freedom, and found herself a co-leader in a growing movement.
海莉这种更简单的风格,反映了她真正的价值观。她体验到了一种新的自由,而且自己成为了日益壮大的“不买年”运动的引领者。