This aspect of my personality is related to this blog. I have been writing for a very long time now, admittedly it turned sporadic for the past many years. Anyways, that’s a story for another day.
As part of the blog, I got addicted to trying out so many personal care products, I started hoarding them. At one point of time, I had more products than what I could use in an entire year and I would still keep buying more.
As usual, life finds a way to balance out things. One day, suddenly, I lost interest in everything. I still have some of those expired products, almost 6-7 years later.
Lately, I have started realizing how much of clutter we hoard throughout our lives thinking we would use them but never even taking them out of the closet. Therefore, I have started paying attention to all my purchases, weighing in and waiting to make sure that it is not an impulse buy and is essential.
To support my resolve, I have augmented them with couple of decisions:
- I have not renewed my Prime membership to avoid impulse and absolutely useless expenses.
- I am no longer spending on books.
- I aim to finish the unread books on my shelves first.
- I would prefer to swap or borrow instead of buying. And, exchange anything which I do not like or intend to read again.
- If I do want to buy, I would prefer pre-loved or second hand books.
- If nothing else works, I will go to an independent book store.
- I do not have much interest in clothes and so I am not buying any clothes till I find myself without any option.
- No Online Shopping unless it is for household stuff.
- Personal Care products are strictly limited to what I would most definitely use and to be replaced ONLY when I am running out of my current stash.
And, slowly and steadily, I intend to add to these rules I have framed. Eventually, I hope to reduce my baggage to just enough that I can travel with it.
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