i try to live simply, on less, have less “stuff”, a small footprint…but sometimes i want a little tiny bit MORE?
i have this great shop…where we recycle, upcycle…reduce, reuse…it’s brilliant…it is an awesome way to “make less” for the planet…less clothes, less waste…we recycle at home, a LOT, we hand down boys clothes to a neighbor & friends, we try not to waste food, we wash in cold water, we plant a garden in the summer…
but sometimes i just want…something new, more, extra…i don’t NEED new sneakers, but i WANT new sneakers…this makes my head spin ’round…because i am TRYING to live with LESS (you see should the “project de-clutter going on in the Murrant residence….sweet mother of mercy) but sometimes i want MORE…
more clothes…
more food…
more “things” for DJ…
more books…
more yarn…
so is it possible to try to live a LESS IS MORE life when sometimes you indulge in actually having more? or am i being a hypocrite? honestly…it’s tough…it’s like having a beach bag that you’ve had for a hundred years and it’s stained & maybe a smidge too small, so you see a shiny NEW beach bag that you’d love to have…but you don’t really NEED it…get it? should i be using the old beach bag until the bottom falls out? or is it ok to indulge every now & again? because i do indulge…i like stuff…i’m TRYING to like less stuff, but it’s not easy…
in the end is it the effort that counts?
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I know how you feel….I want to want less….but sometimes there is something I just want!
I’m totally in the same boat. I want to want less…but sometimes I just want more! I think it is the conscious understanding that we don’t always “need” what we want that makes all the difference. Being mindful matters.
I concur! I try real hard to recycle/re-use but would often find myself wanting “more”. But I think unemployment has cured me (tho I don’t recommend it to anyone). Not working has put on the brakes big time to that little “more” voice that used to nag at me from time to time. Now I look at every little penny in my change purse and mourn its loss when I have to give it away. I find myself mourning the money I tossed away on those “more” things when I was working. I wish I had it all back now.