{"id":6698,"date":"2013-09-17T22:34:55","date_gmt":"2013-09-17T19:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/?p=6698"},"modified":"2013-09-17T22:53:33","modified_gmt":"2013-09-17T19:53:33","slug":"ostosaddiktiosta-parantuminen-recovering-from-shopaholism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/?p=6698","title":{"rendered":"Ostosaddiktiosta parantuminen \/ Recovering from shopaholism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Viimep\u00e4iv\u00e4t netiss\u00e4 on v\u00e4h\u00e4n kohistu HS:n Nyt-liitteen Himoshoppaaja-haastattelusta<\/a>. Haastattelun sis\u00e4lt\u00f6 on p\u00e4\u00e4periaatteissaan t\u00e4m\u00e4: reilu parikymppinen nainen kertoo omalla nimell\u00e4\u00e4n ja naamallaan shoppailustaan ja suhteestaan kuluttamiseen. H\u00e4nell\u00e4 kuluu kuukausittain useita satoja euroja nk. mielihyv\u00e4shoppailuun eli ostoksiin joita ei tarvitse mutta joita tekee mieli. H\u00e4n huolehtii siit\u00e4 ett\u00e4 ei osta velaksi, mutta ei h\u00e4nelt\u00e4 my\u00f6sk\u00e4\u00e4n j\u00e4\u00e4 rahaa s\u00e4\u00e4st\u00f6\u00f6n. H\u00e4n kutsuu shoppailua harrastukseksi.<\/p>\n

Olen sivunnut omaa suhdettani kuluttamiseen<\/a> useasti muissa asiayhteyksiss\u00e4 mutta en ole varsinaisesti koskaan kirjoittanut shoppailusta tai kuluttamisesta. L\u00e4hdet\u00e4\u00e4np\u00e4 siis aivan alusta. Lapsuudessani kotonani p\u00e4rj\u00e4ttiin varsin v\u00e4h\u00e4ll\u00e4. Mielikuvani mukaan meill\u00e4 ei lapsuudessani koskaan varsinaisesti k\u00e4rsitty puutteesta, mutta muistan miten kadehdin luokkakavereita joilla oli uutta sit\u00e4 ja uutta t\u00e4t\u00e4 kun itse kuljin usein sukulaisilta kierr\u00e4tetyiss\u00e4 vaatteissa. Lapsena se tuntui v\u00e4h\u00e4n katkeralta, mutta ei ahdistavalta. Sain min\u00e4kin lapsena uusia vaatteita kun tarve vaati. Maalla ei varsinaisia ostoskeskuksia ja vaatekauppoja ollut joten ostoksille ei ihan noin vain l\u00e4hdetty. Kuluttamisen tyyli oli muutenkin silloin 70- ja 80-luvuilla aivan eri kuin nyt. Kun muutin pois kotoa ja aloin ansaita omaa rahaa en ainakaan muistikuvani mukaan hirve\u00e4sti shoppaillut. Kyll\u00e4h\u00e4n sit\u00e4 toki yst\u00e4vien kanssa kierreltiin kaupoissa l\u00e4hes viikottain, mutta ei se aina tarkoittanut sit\u00e4 ett\u00e4 olisi t\u00e4ytynyt ostaa mit\u00e4\u00e4n. Kirpputoreja aloin harrastaa jo varsin varhaisessa vaiheessa, tosin vintage tuli mukaan kuvioihin vasta paljon paljon my\u00f6hemmin. Jossain vaiheessa aikuisik\u00e4\u00e4 kuitenkin onnistuin kehitt\u00e4m\u00e4\u00e4n itselleni jonkinlaisen ostosaddiktion ja koin pakonomaista tarvetta ostaa jotakin joka kuukausi. Koin ahdistusta jos minulla ei ollut varaa ostaa jotakin uutta, esim uutta paria kenki\u00e4 joka kuukausi. Nyt-jutun Annin tapaan l\u00f6ysin kaappieni k\u00e4tk\u00f6ist\u00e4 uusia k\u00e4ytt\u00e4m\u00e4tt\u00f6mi\u00e4 vaatteita hintalappuineen kaupan muovikasseissa. T\u00e4m\u00e4 siit\u00e4kin huolimatta ett\u00e4 ei minulla ollut varaa shoppailla usealla sadalla eurolla kuussa enk\u00e4 ostanut velaksi. Uudet keng\u00e4t ostin kutakuinkin kerran kuussa. Sekin on mielest\u00e4ni aika paljon kun ottaa huomioon monellako kenk\u00e4parilla oikeasti p\u00e4rj\u00e4isi jos haluaisi.<\/p>\n

Parisen vuotta sitten kun vintage oli jo vienyt minut menness\u00e4\u00e4n tajusin ett\u00e4 ensimm\u00e4ist\u00e4 kertaa vuosikausiin en kokenut pakonomaista tarvetta ostaa jatkuvasti lis\u00e4\u00e4 vaatteita ja kenki\u00e4. Vaikka en koskaan ole ollut hirve\u00e4n hyv\u00e4 s\u00e4\u00e4st\u00e4m\u00e4\u00e4n rahaa, kotoa opittuna tapana osaan s\u00e4\u00e4st\u00e4\u00e4 tavaraa, kierr\u00e4tt\u00e4\u00e4, korjata ja tuunata. Kun ompelen itse, s\u00e4\u00e4st\u00e4n siin\u00e4kin hankkimalla materiaaleja kirpputoreilta. Tarpeellistakaan hankintaa ei tarvitse tehd\u00e4 uutena jos sen voi l\u00f6yt\u00e4\u00e4 hyv\u00e4kuntoisena k\u00e4ytettyn\u00e4 edullisemmin. Sen tietyn tarppeellisen esineen l\u00f6yt\u00e4minen voi kyll\u00e4 vaatia useamman kirppiskeikan, mutta sen vaivan n\u00e4en mielell\u00e4ni jos s\u00e4\u00e4st\u00e4n sek\u00e4 rahaa ett\u00e4 luontoa. Tokihan minullakin on heikkouteni ja edelleen teen my\u00f6s jonkin verran turhia ostoksia, mutta hyv\u00e4ll\u00e4 mielell\u00e4 voin todeta ett\u00e4 suurin osa hankinnoistani, sek\u00e4 itselleni ett\u00e4 kotiimme, on kierr\u00e4tetty\u00e4 ja tarpeeseen hankittua. Toki joskus tekee mieli pirist\u00e4\u00e4 itse\u00e4 jollakin t\u00e4ysin turhalla jonka ainoa funktio on olla n\u00e4tti, mutta silloin kun se ei ole p\u00e4ivitt\u00e4ist\u00e4 eik\u00e4 edes viikottaista, joskus ei edes kuukausittaista, suon itselleni n\u00e4m\u00e4 pienet mieliteot silloin t\u00e4ll\u00f6in. Ostosaddiktioni ei siis koskaan p\u00e4\u00e4ssyt yht\u00e4 pahaksi kuin jutun Annilla. Onneksi tiedostin ongelman ajoissa ja p\u00e4\u00e4sin siit\u00e4 eroon, osittain varmasti vintagen ansiosta.<\/p>\n

Mutta ent\u00e4 ne jotka eiv\u00e4t n\u00e4e ongelmaa? Voiko shoppailua kutsua harrastukseksi samoin kuin tanssimista, musiikkia, taidetta, lukemista? Kun en pysty n\u00e4kem\u00e4\u00e4n kirppistely\u00e4k\u00e4\u00e4n harrastuksena vaan ennemminkin el\u00e4m\u00e4ntapana, itselleni tuottaa vaikeuksia n\u00e4hd\u00e4 l\u00e4hes p\u00e4ivitt\u00e4ist\u00e4 shoppailua harrastuksena. Kuten Hopeapeilin Elina<\/a> totesi, Annin tapauksessa t\u00e4rke\u00e4mp\u00e4\u00e4 tuntuu olevan itse tavaran ostaminen ja omistaminen kuin kaupoissa kiertely. Jos ei voi en\u00e4\u00e4 menn\u00e4 kauppaan tulematta ulos ostosten kanssa, eik\u00f6 silloin ole jo kyse ongelmasta? Himoshoppaaja-artikkelin pohjalta j\u00e4\u00e4 kytem\u00e4\u00e4n ajatus ett\u00e4 nuori nainen joka ostaa l\u00e4hes p\u00e4ivitt\u00e4in jotain eik\u00e4 heit\u00e4 mit\u00e4\u00e4n pois on tulevaisuudessa Hamstraaja-dokkarin hamstraaja jonka talo on t\u00e4ynn\u00e4 roinaa lattiasta kattoon ja el\u00e4m\u00e4 syrj\u00e4ll\u00e4\u00e4n koska henkil\u00f6 ei pysty luopumaan mist\u00e4\u00e4n. Viimeviikolla alkoi uusi ohjelma Kirsi ja Himoshoppaajat, jossa Kirsi Salo pist\u00e4\u00e4 yli varojensa el\u00e4vi\u00e4 naisia ruotuun. J\u00e4rkyttyneen\u00e4 katsoin ensimm\u00e4isen jakson jossa himoshoppaaja oli tehnyt itselleen jo l\u00e4hes 10 000\u20ac velan vain vaatteita ja kenki\u00e4 shoppailemalla. H\u00e4nell\u00e4 onneksi oli hyv\u00e4t l\u00e4ht\u00f6kohdat muutokseen ja velkojen maksuun. Samaan aikaan tv:ss\u00e4 py\u00f6rii muitakin samantapaisia sarjoja kuten Tuhluriprinsessat. Kuulostaa silt\u00e4 ett\u00e4 ilmi\u00f6 ei ole mik\u00e4\u00e4n uusi eik\u00e4 harvinainen.<\/p>\n

Blogimaailma on pullollaan erilaisia blogeja ja aivan oma kategoriansa tuntuu olevan nk. shoppailublogit joissa t\u00e4rkein sis\u00e4lt\u00f6 on uusimpien ostosten esittely. Itse kapinoin tuollaista kulutushysteriaa vastaan ja olenkin lakannut lukemasta sellaisia blogeja joissa kaikki py\u00f6rii pelk\u00e4st\u00e4\u00e4n shoppailun ymp\u00e4rill\u00e4. Toki itsekin postaan omista l\u00f6yd\u00f6ist\u00e4ni silloin t\u00e4ll\u00f6in ja minusta on kiinnostava lukea jos joku on tehnyt todella hyv\u00e4n l\u00f6yd\u00f6n (etenkin kirppis-sellaisen), mutta jokap\u00e4iv\u00e4inen ostosten esittely on minusta ahdistavaa. En purnaa uuden tavaran ostamista vastaan enk\u00e4 kuluttamista vastaan ylip\u00e4\u00e4t\u00e4\u00e4n, kuluttamisen avulla yhteiskunta pysyy pystyss\u00e4. Min\u00e4 haluan puhua j\u00e4rkev\u00e4n ja kest\u00e4v\u00e4n kuluttamisen puolesta. Rohkaista ihmisi\u00e4 vaatimaan laatua ja hankkimaan kest\u00e4v\u00e4mpi\u00e4 tuotteita, sellaisia jotka kest\u00e4v\u00e4t vuodesta toiseen. Tukemaan laadukasta k\u00e4sity\u00f6t\u00e4 ja pienyritt\u00e4ji\u00e4 massatuotannon sijaan. Nykyisell\u00e4\u00e4n vaateteollisuus ei voi jatkaa, ala-arvoista laatua tuotetaan tuhansia tonneja vuodessa ja valitettavan suuri osa siit\u00e4 p\u00e4\u00e4tyy suoraan kaatopaikalle k\u00e4ym\u00e4tt\u00e4 edes asiakkaan kaapissa. Sellainen tavara ei kelpaa edes kierr\u00e4tykseen ja uusiok\u00e4ytt\u00f6\u00f6n sill\u00e4 laatu on niin huonoa ett\u00e4 kierr\u00e4tt\u00e4minen ei kannata. Niin kauan kuin ihmiset ostavat halpaa ja heikkolaatuista, vaateteollisuus ei tule muuttumaan. Kuten yhdelle kaverille Nyt-artikkelin kirvoittamassa keskustelussa totesin, toivon ett\u00e4 viel\u00e4 joskus tulevaisuudessa, ennenkuin on my\u00f6h\u00e4ist\u00e4, ihmiset tulevat j\u00e4rkiins\u00e4. Mit\u00e4 sin\u00e4 ajattelet shoppailusta?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"collage\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0Asukuvat ajalta kun shoppailu tuntui viel\u00e4 pakkomielteelt\u00e4. \/
\n<\/strong>Outfit photos from the time when shopping still felt like obsession.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0IN ENGLISH<\/strong><\/span>
\nPast couple days internet has been buzzing about local newspaper interview about shopaholism<\/a>\u00a0(in finnish)<\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0Story line is basically this: young woman in her twenties tells about her shopping and relationship about consuming, with her real name and face. She spends hundreds of Euro’s a month for pleasure shopping, on things she doesn’t really need but she want’s to have, mostly clothes and accessories. \u00a0She makes sure that she doesn’t buy on credit but she doesn’t have anything left for savings either. She says shopping is her dear hobby.<\/p>\n

I have mentioned about my relationshiop with consuming<\/a> before on different occasions, but I have never actually written about consuming or shopping. \u00a0So let’s start from the beginning. When I was a kid, we didn’t have much money. As far as my memory goes, we didn’t exactly live in poverty, but I remember being little envious because my school mates had new this and new that, when I had to wear used recycled clothes from our relatives. \u00a0As a kid it was a bit bitter feeling, but not agonizing. I did get new clothes when needed. In the countryside there was no shopping centers nor clothing shops so it wasn’t exactly as easy as ABC to go shopping. Consuming was completely different in the 70’s and 80’s than today. When I moved on my own and started earning my own money, I didn’t remember shopping that much. I did go to the shops with my friends pretty much weekly, but that didn’t mean I would have bought something every time. I started thrifting rather early on, allthough vintage didn’t come untill much much later. At some point of my adulthood I managed to develope some sort of shopping addiction and necessity to buy something new every month. I felt anxiety if I couldn’t afford something new, for example new shoes every month. Just like Anni in the interview, I started finding unused clothes with price tags still attached in their bags from my closets. This even though I could not afford to use hundreds of Euro’s per month for shopping and I didn’t buy on credit. I did buy new shoes pretty much every month. I think that is quite a lot considering with how many pairs you can actually manage if you really want to.<\/p>\n

Couple years ago when I was already bitten by vintage fly, I realized for the first time for years that didn’t feel the urge to constantly buy new clothes and shoes. Even though I have never been very good at saving money, I learned from home to save goods, recycle, mend and revamp. When I sew clothes for myself, I save by getting material from fleamarkets. And when I really need something I don’t have to buy it new if I can get cheaper used one. That might take several times rummaging around the flea markets but I’m happy to do that if I can save money and nature. I do still have my weaknesses and I still occasionally buy useless pretty stuff. I can live with that when I know that it’s not daily or even weekly, sometimes not even monthly indulgement. My shopping addiction never got as bad as the one described on the interview. I understood my problem early enough and got rid of it, partially with the help of vintage.<\/p>\n

But what about those who don’t see their problem? Can you call shopping a hobby, like dancing, music, art or reading? When it is impossible for me to even see thrifting as a hobby but a way of life, it is really difficult for me to see daily shopping as a hobby. But like Elina in Hopeapeili-blog<\/a> (sorry, only in finnish)<\/strong><\/span> said, in Anni’s case it seems that the actual event of buying and owning is more important than browsing around shops. If you can’t go to the shop without buying something, isn’t that already some sort of a problem? Reading that interview makes me think that young woman who buys stuff every day and never throws anything away will be in the future, the hoarder in The Hoarders-documentary, who’s house is full of junk and who’s life has gone off the tracks. Last week we had a launch of a new tv series in national tv, called Kirsi and the Shopaholics, in which a woman helps shopaholics to put their lifes back on track. I was rather shocked to watch the first episode where this young woman had already almost 10 000\u20ac debts. Made with just by shopping clothes and shoes. Thankfully she had good base for change and paying her debts. At the same time we got other international tv shows with similar themes, like Prince$$. Seems that this is not new problem, nor even very rare.<\/p>\n

Blogosphere is full of different kind of blogs and category of their own is so called shopping blogs where the main content of the blogs is showing what did I buy today. I rebel against this kind of consuming hysteria and stopped reading those kind of blogs where everything evolves around shopping. I do post occasional finds myself, \u00a0and do enjoy reading when someone’s made exceptionally good find (especially if it is thrifted)<\/strong><\/span> but reading about someones shopping every day gives me anxiety. I am not against of consuming in general, that is the way to keep this society going. However, I want to promote sensible longterm consuming. To encourage people to buy good quality stuff which lasts years. To support quality handycraft and small businesses instead of mass production. Fashion business at it’s current state can’t continue. Quality is below all reasonable levels and it’s being produced thousands of tons every year, just to haul masses of it straight to the dumps without even visiting in consumers closets. That kind of stuff is not good enough even for recycle or reuse, quality is too low to make it worth it. As long as people buy cheap crap quality, industry will not change. Like I said to one of my friends recently, I hope that sometime in the future, before it is too late, people will come to their senses. What do you think about shopping?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Viimep\u00e4iv\u00e4t netiss\u00e4 on v\u00e4h\u00e4n kohistu HS:n Nyt-liitteen Himoshoppaaja-haastattelusta. Haastattelun sis\u00e4lt\u00f6 on p\u00e4\u00e4periaatteissaan t\u00e4m\u00e4: reilu parikymppinen nainen kertoo omalla nimell\u00e4\u00e4n ja naamallaan shoppailustaan ja suhteestaan kuluttamiseen. H\u00e4nell\u00e4 kuluu kuukausittain useita satoja euroja nk. mielihyv\u00e4shoppailuun eli ostoksiin joita ei tarvitse mutta joita tekee mieli. H\u00e4n huolehtii siit\u00e4 ett\u00e4 ei osta velaksi, mutta ei h\u00e4nelt\u00e4 my\u00f6sk\u00e4\u00e4n j\u00e4\u00e4 rahaa… <\/p>\n

Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[44,20,12],"tags":[91,82,80],"class_list":["post-6698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jotainihanmuuta","category-kitinaa","category-munelama","tag-my-life","tag-something-else","tag-whine","has-post-thumbnail","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2H8as-1K2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6698"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6713,"href":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6698\/revisions\/6713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.evildressmaker.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}