10-25-10
Well, I am finally back after about a month’s time. Sorry it took me so long to do a follow up. Life has been happening and I have kept pretty busy in spite of the fact that I lost my job as of October 1, 2010. It has given me time to really get going on my sorting and cleaning of all my collections and stuff I have hanging around my house.
Today has been an especially productive day for me and I am so happy about that! I have been sorting out closets and boxes of things that I didn’t even remember I had. I had an assortment of old shoes in the bottom of a big linen closet in my bathroom and sorted those out recently. I found that many of them were almost brand new, so have several of them listed for sale on eBay and am hoping to sell them. It is looking promising so far. I have also sorted through some drawers in an old wash stand/commode that I have in our guest room. I found a few old pictures of a couple of my nephews when they were three months old (born close together) and who are now in their early 20s. One of them is getting married in January, in fact! Pretty funny seeing him as a baby and realizing that the years have flown by so quickly! I also found a picture of my husband’s softball team from his workplace from 1992. Wow – do those guys ever look young!! Fun stuff.
All this sorting has been making me realize all the money that I have spent over the years. A lot of it was pretty unnecessary, but for some reason, I felt it was necessary at the time I purchased most of it. I am still trying to figure out why I bought a lot of the things I did. Hmmm….it is a mystery to me, but it is also helping me realize that I don’t need all that stuff like I used to think I did. Part of it may have been from my childhood when I didn’t have much and once I grew up and had a home of my own (and money of my own) that I could buy pretty much anything I wanted. That seems to be the main reason I have been able to figure out.
At any rate, I am no longer in that mindset that if I see something I want, I need to buy it. I am so much more thoughtful now whenever I go into a store. I really give it a lot of thought whether I really want to spend money on something and if I am going to really use it or if I actually really need it. That has gone a long way to curbing my spending, so that is a good thing for me. It also helps that I did lose my job and we are now living on just my husband’s salary. It seems to put a lot of things into perspective for me.
Well, I will close for today. I hope you are having as great an adventure as I am having in sorting through and cleaning out your house!
Until next time…
Life is good. Live it well.
Life is good. Live it well.
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