The time after 7pm is not exactly my favourite time of the day. It’s when I have finished my office work, my house work and have nothing much to do. With A in his room studying and DH in his room also studying I can pretty much do whatever I feel like doing. But no, I just sit and do nothing and I really mean nothing. I surf – that is again nothing in my books and then just let my thoughts go wild. Sometimes I wonder what the purpose of my life is – I wonder what exactly have I been born to do? I don’t know whether this is part of me growing up or growing old – but this nagging feeling is pretty much in the background even while I am doing some work and in the evening free time the thought tugs at my very core. With the limitation of having a family and the responsibilities that go with it, I cannot be as radical as I want to be. If I had a rewind button I would have never gotten married, forget a second time and would have been quite happy to lead a nomadic free life. Let’s not talk of how things could have, should have been...anyway..
The thought of minimalism has always appealed to me. I even had a shopping ban in Feb which I broke only in October and even then I did not splurge all that much. Minimalism appeals to me because I am materialistic to the core and being minimalistic makes me go against my nature and test my endurance level, very much like an obese person taking to exercise and wondering how long the body would stand extreme exercise.
So with the New Year I am back on the bandwagon of minimalism, but this time am planning to take things a bit more extreme. I am going to take one day at a time and be conscious of what I spend on. Let’s get this thing quite clear – food for me is sacred and I will not crimp on it, but with all the other things I will be bullish about, i.e. no more buying.
In other news – it was a good day in terms of to-do to 41. I managed to do some exercise (read that as stretching), limited myself to just two meals (max about 1500 calories) and had my daily tablets. With me working at home, it was a no-spend day.
The thought of minimalism has always appealed to me. I even had a shopping ban in Feb which I broke only in October and even then I did not splurge all that much. Minimalism appeals to me because I am materialistic to the core and being minimalistic makes me go against my nature and test my endurance level, very much like an obese person taking to exercise and wondering how long the body would stand extreme exercise.
So with the New Year I am back on the bandwagon of minimalism, but this time am planning to take things a bit more extreme. I am going to take one day at a time and be conscious of what I spend on. Let’s get this thing quite clear – food for me is sacred and I will not crimp on it, but with all the other things I will be bullish about, i.e. no more buying.
In other news – it was a good day in terms of to-do to 41. I managed to do some exercise (read that as stretching), limited myself to just two meals (max about 1500 calories) and had my daily tablets. With me working at home, it was a no-spend day.
