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Photo by Evann 📚 on July 21, 2026.
Photo by Evann 📚 on July 21, 2026.
Photo by Evann 📚 on July 21, 2026.
Photo by Evann 📚 on July 21, 2026.
Photo by Evann 📚 on July 21, 2026.
Photo by Evann 📚 on July 21, 2026.
Photo by Evann 📚 on July 21, 2026.
Photo by Evann 📚 on July 21, 2026.
Photo by Evann 📚 on July 21, 2026.
Photo by Evann 📚 on July 21, 2026.
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Posted On: July 21st 2026, 11:05 pm
Cleansing your feed with a little ✨underconsumption core✨ because being online can often feel like one big comparison race.

Being on the book side of social media, there can often be so much pressure to spend money and live a life worth envying. Buy more books and trinkets and items for a cozy aesthetic home, new outfits for an OOTD or a DOB, or new fancy equipment to level up your content and maybe the video will finally pop off and you’ll go viral. But that’s not really who I am. At all.

The truth is, I don’t really spend money. I mean, I do, but it’s rare. I wear the same outfits over and over, drive an older car, visit the library like it’s my full time job, and spend more time at home than I do out, even when making plans with friends. I’m not really motivated by “stuff”. I never have been.

As I’ve gotten older, I’ve found that I care more about experiences, surrounding myself with an incredible community, and reconnecting with the hobbies that brought my 12 year old self joy. Booktok & booksta content is my attempt at leaning in to that. I love how stories can connect us and I want to find a community of kindred spirits.

If you’re reading this and you’re like me, I hope this made you feel a little less alone and I hope you know that your life doesn’t have to be trendy to be valuable. It’s valuable because it’s YOURS. Do your own thing and the joy will follow. 🤍

#underconsumption #underconsumptioncore #socialmedia #books #bookstagram
Comments (108)
linaxbooknook 3 months ago

linaxbooknook

Love that you shared this!

amandalswan.author 3 months ago

amandalswan.author

YESSSSSSSS!!!! I’m typing this out on an iPhone XS, writing my story on an 8 year old MacBook, and wearing pants I’ve had for 5 years and a top I recently got at a thrift shop. The makeup I have is dusty AF in its little organizer. I’m also all about experiences than things…unless it’s books. I do buy books. Mainly because I never want to return a book after I’ve read it, lol. Can we be besties?

sevicwrites616 3 months ago

sevicwrites616

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! Also, apothecary diaries and video games?! Say less! I've always been the "set your own fade" kind of girl since I was a toddler. Why follow trends and try to be someone else when you can just be yourself?!

abookledmehere 3 months ago

abookledmehere

Love this!

iamsarahstory 3 months ago

iamsarahstory

Mao mao! ❤️ ps love this post but that’s also one of my fave anime’s

heathersbooksandtea 3 months ago

heathersbooksandtea

It's getting more and more rare to see underconsumption on social media, where it feels like everyone is posting about overconsumption.

writtenbykatied 3 months ago

writtenbykatied

I’m unfortunately the same in the opposite way. I’m a maximalist. I love things and it often clutters my life and aesthetic and I’m sorry but I’m happy in my little pile of junk lol

passingtimewithpages 3 months ago

passingtimewithpages

I love this. I wanted to become part of Bookstagram to share the love of books. But I love how you stated your love for stories (movies, books, tv, etc) because I'm the same way! ❤️ Being known on socials was never the goal; it's actually kind of exhausting. Lol

christina_is_reading 3 months ago

christina_is_reading

I can relate to the clothes and the makeup. We are also under consumers

christina_is_reading 3 months ago

christina_is_reading

I spay McKay’s! Are you a Nashville girl too?!?😍

dale_readsbooks 3 months ago

dale_readsbooks

Hey there fellow Nashville girlie! ❤️

the_reader_mommy 3 months ago

the_reader_mommy

I am you! I try so hard to fit in, but with unaesthetic stuff all around me and on me, I don't 🥀 but if underconsumption is a trend, count me in ❤️ happy to have found my tribe!

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