I was just walking in the mall the other day with my friend, Eric (author of the famous blog Ang Peregrino). He's been on this path to simplicity for the longest time, and I casually mentioned how difficult it was to be in the mall when you are trying to do the 100 Things. In automatic mode, I would go, "hmmm, that is a CUTE blouse, I wonder how much it is..." In simplicity mode, it sounds like, "hmmm, cute blouse, but don't I have a similar one at home?" To choose from Automatic to Simplicity is often a matter of emotional health for me. And, sometimes the Automatic Me wins, but more often these days, the Simple Me wins.
Anyway, he told me, "Oh, I do a 30-day list". Intrigued, I asked him to elaborate. And so, apparently, every time he thinks of buying something, he puts it on his 30-day list, meaning, he writes it down, then goes back to it after 30 days. Often times, he finds that he doesn't need whatever item he's written down.
And so inspired, I am starting mine :)
oh what a cool idea. i'm sure that's helpful. you can do it, ate mellie! :)
ReplyDelete