It is your money and joy, so you can do whatever you want.
Buying books to put on a shelf is just as wasteful as any other home decor item that just sits on a shelf without a use. And I want to ask follow up questions. Do you feel like you need them for aesthetic purposes, because social media has told us our bookshelves should look a certain way? Have you actually gone back and read any of them in English after reading them in Dutch, or are they purely decor? Would you consider buying the books in Dutch or do you only borrow them from the library? Would you be more inclined to re-read them in they were in Dutch?
In my opinion - yeah it’s pretty wasteful. It wastes your money, it wastes that space on your shelf. It wastes resources producing and shipping to you.
It is your money and joy, so you can do whatever you want.
Buying books to put on a shelf is just as wasteful as any other home decor item that just sits on a shelf without a use. And I want to ask follow up questions. Do you feel like you need them for aesthetic purposes, because social media has told us our bookshelves should look a certain way? Have you actually gone back and read any of them in English after reading them in Dutch, or are they purely decor? Would you consider buying the books in Dutch or do you only borrow them from the library? Would you be more inclined to re-read them in they were in Dutch?
In my opinion - yeah it’s pretty wasteful. It wastes your money, it wastes that space on your shelf. It wastes resources producing and shipping to you.