When I started on this bold adventure six months ago (thinking I would give it a crack for four weeks), I thought it would be hard. And it wasn't - for a while. I think that was when I thought that there was an end in sight.
Since those few glory weeks I have had a few angst ridden stuff-lust attacks, I have teetered on the brink of temptation, and I have slipped a couple of times. And I have made a few
(very few) considered purchasing decisions. And I have taken a long, hard look at myself and had to admit that I - having never thought of myself as much of a shopper or as being overly-acquisitive - am (was) in fact a signifcant consumer.
I thought that as I went along it would be easier. But it ain't. What is surprising me is the need to be constantly vigilant - and how scarily easy it would be just to slip back into old ways of thinking/behaving/purchasing. It shouldn't be a surprise at all - here we are swimming against the tide in a consumer frenzied society, constantly bombarded with billions of dollars of advertising and struggling against years of social conditioning.
This gig is a commitment - not only of action but of thought. Both need to be constant.
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I bet!! I think that now you've been going for more than 4 weeks too, it's a bit hard to even think about lapsing back into old habits knowing the consequence.
I should take this moment to thank you as well - for so many hints and tips along the way. I am an avid reader of yr blog and get so much inspiration from it!
Thanks Shiny One - appreciate it. Need all the encouragement I can get.
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