March - Realising that buying more would never make me feel enough
I first listened to Cait Flanders 'The Year of Less' when I was 18. I loved her book, and found it inspiring. I remember having half hearted thoughts about doing a shopping ban, but at the time, a ban would simply have been about 'not shopping'. Needless to say, it didn't last very long - around 2 weeks. But I've always remembered the book, and it's crossed my mind several times in my adult life. Usually, as a result of a shopping binge or feeling very uncomfortable about the amount of something that either I, or someone else, has consumed. I recently turned 30. Unlike many people in my life, it didn't bother me that much, and it wasn't something that I dreaded. For me, age has been something that I have found has made me happier. I feel more comfortable with who I am, I feel that I am my authentic self more often, and I no longer have such an overwhelming need to be like or get approval from other people. Turning 30 feels like i've turned a new ...