Something I have really been working on for the past couple months is simplicity. Just a general, buying less crap, being more thoughtful about where my money goes and why, and coming soon is a garden. Yes...I am going to plant a garden! I am actually pretty excited about it. I'm thinking beans, carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, strawberries and pumpkins...yes...PUMPKINS!! I can just imagine myself wearing a floppy hat, tending to my garden...simplicity in the finest.
I guess my quest for simplicity really started when I moved home almost 3 years ago. When I first got here, I was still rushing everywhere, walking at a fast "city" pace and really did take value in the things I bought. I loved going to the MAC store and buying interesting items because I enjoyed walking away with a full bag of goodies. I would buy large and extravagant gifts for my sisters because I loved the feeling of buying extravagant things. I think I have really gotten away from that...I have really tried to figure out what those purchases are actually doing for me, and trying to find that happiness in other things. And I'm not saying I no longer have great enjoyment from the MAC store...I am just so much more aware of what I'm buying. For instance, last month I went to MAC and bought the Viva Glam Cindi Lauper Lipstick...and that's it. That's all I REALLY wanted and I didn't really need anything else, so that's all I bought (and FYI...a GREAT purchase...I highly recommend. It's a very wearable red). I had a very tense moment of indecision when the sales girl told me that they had the Lady Gaga Viva Glam in stock as well and that it was selling out really fast; how awesome would it have been to have an item that was selling out really fast and was by Lady Gaga?! But then, reason prevailed...I liked Cindi more, I only told myself I could buy one, and the Gaga one was a bright bubble gum pink...I couldn't get away with it.
Looking back at all the posts from previous years, I am amazed at the small changes I see in my everyday self. For example, here I am...a Friday night, just got home from being away for the week and instead of going out for drinks with friends, I am sitting here watching WWE Smackdown with my nephew. I would much rather give him my time and strengthen our relationship than go out and drink away my paycheque. I'll go out tomorrow, but tonight I'm happy being an aunt to a great kid (who happens to be 13 now...he is getting too old!!).
So, I guess simplicity is coming slowly, but it's a journey that I'm enjoying.
About Me
- MellaLynne
- Make me laugh and I'll be your friend, Laugh at my jokes and I'll be your friend for life. I value humor...I think honesty is great...and I'm probably a little better than you...:D
4 comments:
I'm jealous. I often think about making my life more simple but am not entirely sure how to accomplish it in the city and with my life. I'm totally enamored by what I picture to be your life now (even though what I picture may not be entirely correct). Hanging out with the family, tending to your garden, perhaps sitting on the porch doing some knitting, waving to the neighbour, etc. Although, I gotta say, the WWE smackdown interfered with my utopian vision slightly.
Peace.
LOL!!! close Dot...although, instead of knitting I like to cuddle up on the porch swing and read a good book. And I try to avoid eye contact with my neighbours...I just don't want to get into random conversations. And well, yes...I can't explain away the WWE :)
Ok. So you go crazy blogging for 1 week and then never blog again? Not what I would call a come back.
This is an outrage.
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