Renewing my vows
I seem to have fallen prey to a little something known in the industry as “scope creep”. You know, when someone asks you to proofread a short document and suddenly it’s midnight and you’re doing the cancan on a table in Tijuana with Carlos? Oh wait…different story.
When I initially “closed my purse” the rules were quite clear. Aside from food, skin care and medical care, NOTHING else was in scope. Well…I’ve sort of been gently nudging the goalposts a little as I struggled to stick to this and came up against obstacles I hadn’t expected, and now I’ve moved them so far that it’s just not cricket anymore. Oh wait…different game.
So here, I would like to renew my vows. There’s a post coming later this week about what exactly I’ve been naughty with, and how even though I have been naughty, I’m still making better choices. But for now, here are my vows. Again.
Dear Me,
I swear to keep my purse closed in good times and in bad, through Black Fridays and Cyber Mondays, in the face of huge discounts, cool products and upcoming events where I don’t have a single thing to wear. I promise to keep it closed in summer and in winter, spring and autum, until next August do us part. I remember the reasons why I started this (which are written here if you dropped the ball on that), and I commit to them again.
I owe this to myself and I want to do it. Now, and…until next August as I said.
And please, please for the love of god stop drooling on the pillows while wearing fake tan. Oh wait…different vows.
Love,
Me.
Posted on December 9, 2014, in Game on, My Purse is Closed and tagged ambitions, goals, humor, humour, saving, spending. Bookmark the permalink. 12 Comments.
I am so glad you’re back, I’ve missed you! ❤
I don't know if this is an issue for you, but I've realized recently that it is for me so I'll share. I was on damn near every store mailing list known to man, so every day I'd see all these coupons and deals and advertisements for stuff I really don't need. So I decided that each time one comes in I'm unsubscribing. It may or may not help with the shopping, but it definitely helps speed up how long it takes to get through my email every morning!
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I missed you too!! 😀 I have basically unsubscribed from most things over time, but the odd bit of advertising still sneaks in! I get almost nothing to my inbox, but a few catalogues arrive in the mail, and I walk past billboards and see things on the internet…I need to keep blocking and unsubscribing and tuning out. :=) Thank you for sharing!
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I’ve taken to sorting the mail right next to the recycle bin as soon as I bring it inside. But you’re right, we’re constantly being bombarded with messages that we need to buy more shit. And really, we don’t.
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I know it’s true. We really don’t. I’m getting better at realising that…slowly!
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You are actually inspiring me to do a little purse-closing challenge of my own. I haven’t decided yet what the parameters will be, but I proposed the idea to Josh last night and he didn’t run screaming.
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Well that’s a promising sign! 😉 I look forward to hearing more about it!
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I found an article for you!!!
http://www.becomingminimalist.com/less-consumerism/
This guy’s stuff is usually pretty realistic and reasonable. 🙂
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Ooh! Gonna check him out now – thanks!!
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You might have erred, but like all of us, you can (and will) get back on track quickly and easily.
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I do slightly feel as though the gates of hell opened…and I liked what I saw. But I definitely will get back to being good. Being good suits me 🙂
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It’s good renewing your vows – it reminds you of why you are there in the first place. I think we all lose sight of the straight and narrow every now and then, but it looks like you’ve got yourself right on the yellow brick road again. Well done!
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Thanks for the encouragement! I also need to post more often….
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