I haven't quit my job yet, but I'm working on changing my
mindset from buying whatever I want when I want it... to , well... NOT! ( Thus the title of this entry ) Maybe "shackled" is a bit extreme,
but for someone who has spent unwisely for years... it's a very limiting
feeling to THINK about making a purchase and in many cases... to forgo the
purchase altogether.
Now I will grant you that when you hear a couple of the
examples of what I've NOT bought, you may think I'm a nut... ( a spoon rest for
the galley stove, a sponge holder for the galley sink) OK, maybe I AM a nut! But I'm working on it! I reminded myself that although I still have
inches of lovely waterline to sink... I need to be sure that the things I do
bring onto the boat are things we really need or at least things that will make
a quantifiable difference in our quality
of life.
Understand that I have chosen this path willingly and
embrace it fully, it's still going to take a lot of adjustment, both physical
and mental. But for just a moment, when
I was deciding not to buy those things (and a whole list of others), maybe I
was seeing that as a negative. (But I
WANT a spoon rest...) Thankfully, I was
reminded by a Cruising Blogger that I follow... of something I had read years
ago and have often related to others.
Here is a link to the blog entry that has my mind back on
track again. Sometimes it's good to hear
your own advice coming back at you from someone else... Thanks! Mid-Life Cruising!
