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Post by razy on Aug 28, 2014 0:59:16 GMT -5
Firstly, thank you for talking us through your thought process shrewprincess I'm sure many of us go through a similar process but maybe are not as aware. Or some of us would like the outcomes you have achieved but can see how to get there, by following your lead and being mindful of their thoughts and emotions while dealing with their things they may discover what is blocking them. Di - I can relate what you are talking about. I call it 'poverty mentality'. I'm too poor to throw things away, in case I need them in the future, I'm too poor to expect to have nice things, I need to make do and so on. I ended up with too much stuff and very little of it was nice. I decided this was not a good way to live and it wasn't necessarily financial sensible. Over time I have made changes, parred things down and bought quality items or just new items that fit the purpose. It has made life so much easier on a daily basis. I am reminded of this every time I mow the lawn. I recall discussion about getting a petrol tin - "let's look around and see what we can find that will do the job..." I thought about all the struggles I had over the years with old petrol tins that were hard to pour from and hard to open and so on and I thought I go and check out how much a new one would be. It was only $10! And although at that point it was a significant amount of money I have never regretted it. It has made things so easy, with its pourer and groovy lid and all! We deserve nice things AND we deserve enough space to use them!
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Post by dayeanu on Aug 28, 2014 21:53:24 GMT -5
I second what Razy and Di said. (I can totally relate to the gas can story.)
Looking round in the house from which I started moving 6 years ago, I realize how much money I spent, a few dollars here, and a few dollars there, on junk that really wasn't worth carrying home. It's really a bit sickening. I wish I had just saved my money and bought nice stuff the first time around and been done with it.
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