So Easter weekend is drawing to a close. Chocolate has been eaten in abundance. Churches have (or haven't) been attended and those of us took part in lent are sighing breaths of relief (and gorging on whatever they had denied themselves for the past 40 days).
As you know I decided to give up 3 things during lent - buying clothes, nosing at properties for sale online and watching trash tv. I only succeeded in giving up one for the whole of lent (watching trash tv) but have learnt a few things along the way....
• In the past I have spent way too much time looking at and day dreaming about houses for sale. I managed nearly three weeks of not looking at properties online and eventually caved in. I didn't realise how much of a habit I had developed. Although I didn't manage the whole 40 days, I have looked online less which has given me back some time and (slightly) lessened my jealousy at what others have.
• I am thinking more about the clothes I am buying. I have never really been into 'fast fashion'. I struggle with the ethics around it and try to buy items that are a bit more timeless and better quality but I am partial to an impulse buy and am pretty good at justifying impulse purchases. Following lent, I realise even more that I don't actually NEED any more clothes so I am planning to properly wear out what I own and if i do buy something it should go with what I already own or replace something that has worn out (my new acid yellow shoes WILL go with things I already have!).
• I really don't miss trash tv. I have replaced trash tv with films and feel slightly more enriched watching them than I would watching a bunch of irritating women arguing over the fact they have to share a bedroom with their friends on holiday (trauma!).
• I need to develop my will power a bit more. Sticking to my lent committments was harder than I thought and I think in some cases I gave up too easily.
Must try harder next year.
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