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After a wonderful vacation and way more delicious food than my body needed, I decided a cleanse might be a good way to start the new year.

Yeh, no.

Cleanses take discipline and maple syrup and cayenne pepper taste yucky.

I wasn’t really in a place (in my head) to commit.

Then I started thinking of other ways to cleanse my life.

Feng Shui

I actually went through this period where I swore there was “bad energy” in the house and got all the books on feng shui to “cleanse” the air.

Yeah that didn’t last too long.

What the bf and I did accomplish, however, was ridding our second bedroom of junk and finally turning it into a livable, breathable workspace.

I walk in and I smile. Before I had to keep the door shut because seeing a teeny little glimpse of the disastrous mess that lurked inside would drive my blood pressure up.

I feel 10 lbs lighter. How’s that for a cleanse?

And then I really started picking up steam. What do I really need to detox from my life.

Um, probably my shopping habits.

Stuff

I like to separate myself from “Americans” but, truthfully, I have bought (ha ha) into American consumerism in a big way.

I love stuff.

I love the act of purchasing.

It makes me feel good.

Sparks those synapses.

It’s bad bad bad.

So for the month of January, I have put myself on a shopping cleanse.

No trips to CVS for knick knacks, no shopping online, definitely no Nordstrom Rack (it’s right across the road from my work and my biggest weakness), no nothing, nada.

It’s been 7 days and I feel fine.

Lists be gone

I generally have two or three (exhaustive) lists of things I “need” to buy whether it be for a trip, for the house, beauty products, etc.

And then I would get frantic about making sure I remembered to put something on the list, where I would find time to go to all these stores to get this stuf and how I’m supposed to pay for all of it.

And to top it off, I would usually lose the lists after a day or two and have to make new ones.

What a self-imposed load off of my shoulders.

This month my goals are clear:

1. dont buy anything

2. focus on school

3. focus on my everyday work

4. focus on my freelance work

5. focus on my association work

6. re-learn how to ride a bike

Life is good once you keep it nice and simple.

I think.

I’ll let you know for real in a month.

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