Lately I've been about opening myself up to more.
More interests. More people. Just, more.
Unfortunately this has had the side effect of opening me up to more things. By that, I mean things that I think about and buy.
Which sort of goes against what I'm trying to shoot for with all this new-me, self-improvement whatnot.
See, opening myself up tends to let loose my creative juices, and those creative juices start to go: ideas! fashion! colors! STUFF!
Then I feel shitty. Because stuff only makes you feel good for a second, and then after awhile it overwhelms you. Well, okay, it overwhelms me.
Stop it.
While considering these issues facing me, I ran across this post over at Simple Lovely and it solidified what I was thinking. What are my priorities and what do I need to sacrifice to get them and stay balanced?
1. Eating healthy. For me that means organic produce & dairy, few processed foods, yadda yadda. I wish that wasn't so $$$$. Sometimes my grocery budget (which I suck at and need to make smaller) can't afford organic everything, and so I have to give a little. My husband insists on meat, so I try to have it only once a week or so, and make it free-range or grass fed. Can I just say that it really sucks to be a mindful eater? Sometimes I just want to let go and pretend it's 1960. I do give here and there, I have to.
2. Cultural and family experiences. This could be anything from bikes to museum memberships. I need to make this more of a priority instead of going, "crap, Violet can't ride a bike. She doesn't even have a bike. Why don't my kids have bikes?? Oh yeah, I wasn't thinking about that when I spend this month's extras budget..." Yeah. I am a crappy mom. I'm working on it.
3. A few pretty things to satisfy my needs...? Just a few. Like a weeetle nail polish here and there, a lipgloss there. NOW and THEN. With a lotta time in between.
Self-righteous narcissistic meandering--Out.
1 comment:
We are totally on the same page right now! I've also been trying to open myself up more, but like you, I have the habit of spending more. But at the same time, I think it's important to allow yourself pretty things once in a while, so I think your nail polish and lip gloss is a great way to go! It's inexpensive and won't clutter! And I also agree about opening your kids up to culture vs. other stuff. That's how I always felt about preschool. Like, I can spend all this money on something they are going to relearn in kindergarten, or I can use it towards trips and outings that they are far more likely to remember, and that they defs won't learn about in school.
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