We have learned that we can do almost anything for a month--not buying anything, not eating processed foods--but this is our first 90 day attempt at anything. Today everything got SO MUCH HARDER. Day 32--We haven't been here before.
I am doing what my prospects at work are doing--not buying anything. When I do it, it's a good learning experience that will make me a better person in the long run. When my prospects do it, they are overreacting to a few over-hyped bad economic reports. Obviously, the difference is whether or not you blog about it.
We have gotten into the mindset that possessions make us happy, and while I am happier than a cat in a creamery when a box of new yarn arrives, not buying anything new for 32 days hasn't made me any LESS happy. Work still has its ups and downs, getting up at 5:00 AM to go to the gym is just as unpleasant as it always was, I still have dead-animal-gift wake-up calls in the middle of the night--in the big picture, nothing has really changed except the amount we were able to move into savings this month. Good heavens, at 37, I have finally become a Responsible Adult. Well just shoot me.
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