I have lived a very hectic life for the past five decades and am only now seeing the absolute nonsense that we all subscribe to. In my life I have attended six schools, lived in eight houses and had five different jobs - not a lot, I know, by some standards, but enough to keep me confused!
I have now voluntarily given up my job, eight months ago, in order to get some calm into my life. It has not been as easy as some bloggers would have you think but I know I have done the right thing. I am currently going through the period of self-doubt and worry ie. what on earth have I done? - but know with certainty that I will come through this period a better, stronger person.
I have had a lot of help and advice from reading the blogs of people like Leo Babatuo and the Minimalists and knowing there are others out there that do not follow like sheep is of a lot of help to me.
In the past eight months I have had a huge clear out of clothes and stuff. The good thing about not going out to work is that you do not need so many clothes and I have got mine down to a small hanging rail and a chest of drawers. I am going through all my kitchen equipment and chucking items that I seldom if ever use. I haven't yet got down to 4 plates, bowls and cups but getting there quickly. I know friends will think I have gone nuts and if my mother-in-law was still alive she would be bringing me lots more china because she would think I can't afford to buy any!
That in itself is a problem - trying to explain your new mind set to friends who have known you for a long time. Why have I suddenly changed? Why do I not want any Christmas presents? Why do I not want to buy new clothes?
At the moment all I can do is try to explain that I do not want to exhaust the environment by buying needless rubbish and that I am happy to do simple things with my time like gardening, walking and reading and do not wish to go to the cinema and on big shopping sprees.
So that is where I am at the moment - still cutting down on possessions and still trying to spend less and less. But I feel so free!
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