How to Practice Underconsumption in Your Home

02.09.2024 - 15:54 / bhg.com / Claire Hoppe

Brie Williams

If your TikTok feed looks anything like ours, you've probably stumbled across an underconsumption core video. Influencers have taken to social media to share ways they cut down on over-consuming in their homes, wardrobes, and lifestyles. With underconsumption core videos gaining more than 2.5 million views, they have us reflecting on how we spend our money and use the products we already have.

Underconsumption core TikToks range from using minimalist home design to donating old items around the house. While the videos and ideas vary, they all center around being intentional and mindful with products you already own instead of buying more. Many videos (like this one from Sophie Hinn, which has over 4.5 million views) talk about purchasing items secondhand and repurposing items you already own. In her TikTok, Jessica Clifton shares that practicing underconsumption helps her to live a more sustainable and intentional life where she focuses on creating rather than consuming.

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If you want to make shifts toward underconsumption while still having a home that represents your style, keep reading to learn some simple ways to cut down clutter and mindfully decorate your home.

According to a TikTok by Raisa Reyes, a underconsumption core influencer, one of the first steps to practicing underconsumption in your home is to declutter and take stock of what you already have. Reyes suggests organizing your like items together in groups. «The function of this is that you're constantly taking stock of what you own in that category, and you can see where you have duplicates. You can see what you need, what you don't need,» Reyes says in a TikTok.

The next time you feel the urge to declutter and clean our your