This year has been going on for a while now and i feel like a lot of me has changed.
Last year was such a blur. I was working more than i could deal with, living week to week just wanting the week to end quickly so i can relax my mind only for another week to come around and start the process all over again. And not even for much money mind you.
I finally took a week off over the Christmas period and rest a little. But alas, spent everyday going out shopping the sales and not enough to bumming at home. At least it was time spent with my family which i haven't been able to do because i work weekends :)
I've decided to take a cut to my pay so i can have Saturdays off this year. In the end it's a small price to pay to gain my life back.
I don't have too much goals this year besides really trying my best to get closer and more comfortable so i will be ready for marriage in 2 years. I'm not getting any younger! And i feel like it is something i've started to want and feel like i'm ready for in my head. Physically i am a little reluctant lol. I don't cope well with change and i like my little bubble.
Another goal this year is to keep decluttering! I've already started a little last year and my beauty products hoarding has stopped since last year. However i still acquired some make up here and there and bought some skincare here and there.
This year i've decided it has to stop! I am not allowed at all to buy any beauty products! I must use everything i own, and if i run out of something specific...i will have to find something in my hoardings that can substitute. Like a face moisturizer as body moisturizer instead.
I have insane amounts that i can't even stand it when i'm cleaning/organising anymore.
Of course i know this is not entirely possible and maybe will give myself a leeway of 5 things or so.
I feel like this is completely possible to do :)
I read minimalist blogs and feel so inspired. Although i know i've always been materialistic and i can't become minimalist completely!
I've trained my shopping habits to be extremely tamed :) It might be due to the fact that i've decluttered so much and realized how everything you buy eventually becomes junk. I try to not buy things i don't value highly anymore or that i don't need right now. Last year i felt a lot of guilt everytime i bought something i didn't need. Spending money felt painful because i had realised i wasted so much of it over the years.
Even with my clothes, i've thrown a lot of things out and was more willing to get rid of things i thought i would TRY and wear because they were still new. They sat around for over a year of me trying to wear them and they never got worn. So i bagged them all and sent them to the charity bins.
I revamped my wardrobe to be mostly blacks. There is harder any colour now but because i only wear black for work and am there mostly, colours just seem too much for me now. I go for plain colours and plain cuts now.
I want that simple classy look like models on their day off style. If you know what i mean lol
I am going to work hard on my spending habits and savings goals this year. I really want to be able to own a home one day and i feel like that is such a big goal of mine now yet it's so far away and pretty much impossible on my own. I know L can look after me but i want to be able to do my part too even if it's very little.
That's why i've been feeling guilty for wanting another bag lately. I've been eyeing a YSL one but cannot justify spending $4k on a bag and let alone carrying a $4k bag on my shoulders! The price just seems ridiculous for what it is and i feel like that amount of money is better saved. There is no rush either. I have the right amount of bags i need right now. So i've decided if i complete this year with no spending on make up and skincare i will let myself enjoy this luxury :)
I think waiting it out helps a lot too. My last bag i wanted at the beginning but not enough. When my birthday rolled around and i was able to get a bag i just chose that one and got it in a rush. I didn't feel enough joy out of it for such a expensive bag so i don't think i want to get anything now until i've eyed it 100 times and imagined how it would fit perfectly with my life.
If not the money can be better saved towards my future home!
So this is the me i want to be this year :) I also want to get back into cooking as i need it for my health and always enjoyed it as a hobby. I want to add as much to my life as possible so i'm not a empty shell that just goes to work everyday and sleeps when i can!
And i want to live a life where it isn't dependent on spending to be happy! :D
