When I first embarked on my mission for minimalism and simple living, I had no idea where to even start. I'm what society would call a typical consumer; I earned money to spend it, every penny and more was squandered on material belongings. I am lured in frequently by giant sale signs and end of aisle offers in the supermarkets. I buy multiple items and I'm an impulse shopper. Earlier on in the year when my full time, poorly paid admin wage came to a halt I soon realised just how little 'disposable income' I actually had. Substituted by the beginnings of freelance work and selling some items, I managed to maintain my lifestyle - with a little less on the buying front. However, even months down the line I still spent more than I earned, which is where my interest in minimalism began. How could I spend less? What could I do to break the spending cycle? How could I move away from being a typical consumer?
Of course, the first step was to begin the initial purge of belongings. I needed to decide which items I loved, which items I needed and which items I thought I needed along with getting shot of all of the items I definitely didn't need and didn't want! Surprisingly this seemed to good to be true, I didn't feel the attachment many have spoke about when it comes to material possessions so it took next to no time to fill up bags and bags of 'stuff'. This 'stuff' is going to make it's journey to donation, sale or trash.
After the 'intial purge' I had a pile of stuff ready to be donated (that I am continually adding to), alongside a 'to sell pile' which resulted in 'list items on ebay' being at the top of my to do list for several weeks. Do you know what? I donated those items too - having that task at my to do list an never ever getting around to actually doing it became a stressor, something that constantly annoyed me so I decided to end it and just donate the stuff. Now it's out of my space and out of my mind.
No comments:
Post a Comment