Recently my joy for thrifting was ignited by being able to go to various events selling used or second hand goods. I even had experience helping out family members set up their own garage sales. Thrifting can have many benefits depending on the individual, here are a few benefits I find that commercial businesses cannot beat. There is something about it that makes the act of hunting for an item or discovering an item treasure that you may not have even known it existed, joyful and exciting.
Provides the opportunity to travel around even where one lives seeing sights, sounds and people you may not have normally noticed let alone may have come in contact with.
It provides an opportunity to talk and interact with people entirely different from yourself. Even if you do not talk, you can still discover and learn new perspectives that are entirely new to you. Just having simple conversations can lead to unknown opportunities. Buying goods used, or second hand helps to reduce, reuse and recycle.
Why waste something when an item can be used by someone else. Not everyone wants to have their own sale, but one can always donate to help others raise funds and help someone else that may not have been able to afford an item otherwise. This one seems pretty obvious, but its true, saving money while thrifting can add up to a substantial sum if done within reason. I know myself I have been able to buy beautiful higher end brand clothing that I normally would have not had the opportunity to do so.
Though you may not like every item found, you cannot find this much variety of goods since the selection is constantly changing and comes from people with a variety of lifestyles.
