Buying things can be equally problematic, speaking as someone with a bit of an impulse control problem who has probably 200 more board games than I have proper

Buying things can be equally problematic, speaking as someone with a bit of an impulse control problem who has probably 200 more board games than I have proper storage for and are spilling out all over the place (some in the garage, some in the sitting room, dining room, living room, basement, my office, the crawlspace, a walk-in closet, just laying on the ground in some circumstances). There comes a point where getting more of a thing isn't really useful anymore. Also, it really should be "buy neither". I'm trying to stop my bad buying habits this year, in part, because it's helping contribute negatively to climate change. Those games (or any good) have to be manufactured and transported, and use up precious resources we have on his planet. But experiences (at least the ones most people think of when they say this, like long-distance travel) also contributes badly to climate change. Which is another thing I'm struggling with, because I've never really traveled outside the US (except a week in Canada, once), and I've been mostly stuck within a three state radius for the past two years. I've always valued other cultures and seeing the world, just didn't feel like I can afford to before, and now I have to feel guilty for wanting to do that while the climate change specter looms. I may still let myself make a big trip or two at some point, as just watching other people do it on streams or whatever isn't quite the same, but my bucket list for travel was pretty long and it no longer really feels super ethical to burn a bunch of jet emissions just so I can see in person what the Angkor Wat ruins look like in Cambodia, as an example of what was on there. There's probably lots to see closer them that people ignore because everyone keeps being encouraged to think big and grand with experiences. State parks can have some beauty in them as well, even if they're smaller and simpler, you don't always have to go to national parks or other countries to see nature. My wife and I did quite a few of those near us the past two years and there's still quite a few more we could explore within a two hour drive of us.