Sometimes I feel like I want to write a book called: I LOVE ALL MY STUFF.
It will be a tribute to all the things I own: my clothes, my shoes, my toiletries, my scented candles, my bottles of shampoo and conditioner, my sparkly jewellery, my rechargers, that cream I put on my feet so my heels don’t get scaly, my books – even the ones I know I’ll never read but that make me feel smarter just for having them in my house, my giant tea mugs, my many many lipsticks and glosses, the decorative cushions I keep on my bed except, perversely, for when I sleep, my coathangers and my bedside lamps that look like pineapples, all my various storage containers… all of it.
I love stuff. I love buying it and looking at it and rearranging it and then giving it to charity or friends and collecting more stuff. You may call it consumerism and I agree with you totally because without consumers our economy would grind to a halt and we would have to start printing money and I think we all know that never ends well. I buy stuff so you don’t have to pay higher taxes, OK? It’s a SELFLESS ACT. I feel very much alone on this one.
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Just a tad obnoxious me thinks. This would def rub most people to wrong way - hate to say!
Mia, I tip towards minimalism. BECAUSE I came to a panicked realisation one day that I felt as though I was literally drowning and being suffocated in my stuff. With two little girls and moving over five times in as many years, my stuff was everywhere and I didn't know where to start. I think you have a good handle on your stuff because you mentioned it in your post... you purge. If something no longer serves you, find someone it will! Don't let it waste in your space. I too, have a few necklaces which I LOVE and display them (but will be pinching that idea you have) and that is key, you need to be intentional about it. Also now after experiencing that white space, I am SO much more mindful about the purchases I make now and I too love ALL my stuff, I just don't have as much as probably 80% of my friends. And you know what, the 20% of stuff they have that they love is lost in the 80% they don't love. xx loving your podcasts, thanks!