Happy Sunday, my lovely readers! This post is going to be a mish-mash of topics, bear with me.
First off, I've completed my first task of cleaning up my inbox. I no longer receive any daily emails enticing me to spend unnecessarily. Gone are the deals, the sales, the would-be treasures I am no longer able to dream about purchasing. It's lonely where I'm sitting, I'll be honest with you. A few short days ago, I'd wake up to 40+ emails anxiously awaiting my perusal. Now, pretty much nothing. I feel left out. So what do I do with this? I suppose I need to redirect my energies to something else. Rather than looking forward to my inbox, I'll need to find something else to look forward to. But I don't want to force it. I'm not going to officiate that allotted time to, say, meditating or yoga, although now that I mention it, yoga does sound awfully nice. :-) For now, I just want to focus on my feelings and how this is affecting me. No more emails = I feel lonely and left out. There.
Next, today is the day before New Year's Eve. I have this crazy desire to go to Target and stock up on all things unnecessary before the new year begins. I'm TERRIFIED. How am I going to make it a whole year without a new shade of Burt's Bee's, a pair of pj bottoms with hearts all over them, a book that I've really wanted and now it's finally in paperback? Also, I recently purchased (go figure) a sewing machine, so that whatever needs mending this year can be mended (yes, by me....I have no idea how to use said sewing machine, but I'm going to learn - something else I could get at Target today!! A book teaching me the sewing basics!!). I'll need thread, needles, bobbins....but these things really fall into the category of necessity, so they certainly wouldn't be off limits in the new year. But what if I want a 50 shade variety of thread? That would probably fall into the category of unnecessary. See where my brain goes? Nothing thrilling about buying some thread, but a big, beautiful well-displayed container of every color imaginable? Even to this non-sewer, that sounds exciting and I'm getting a jolt just thinking about it. Man, I'm in trouble.
Last, I made a commitment to myself and to my readers to follow this project through for the year, no matter what curve-balls may be thrown my way. I've already had one, but more on that in the future. My point here, is, I'm doing this. So, on your mark, get set, GO!!!!!!
Happy New Year and See You on the Flip Side,
Linda
Linda,
ReplyDeleteWe are all here supporting you and your efforts! Just like you would tell any newbie runner, "don't be so hard on yourself"! Of course you still have the "craving" to go spend. If you didn't, it wouldn't REALLY be a sacrifice, now would it? You can do this!