Spending Fast
Since the reason for taking this job was to stop living so hand to mouth, I'm trying to save a chunk of cash this year. Part of the regime is a spending fast. I'm aiming for 90 days. No unnecessary spending. Food is fine. Socializing is fine. But no products, unless they are replacing something essential. I started at Chinese New Year (might as well--and it seemed appropriate after welcoming the wealth gods). I'm constantly having to remind myself, as I look around the city, that there is always more, that there is always new stuff. Nothing is so essential that it must be bought and bought now. Maybe if I found that perfect player piano again (my own personal one that got away) I would have to crack. Not that I have anywhere to put it. Oddly enough it feels good. Paring away the stuff that doesn't matter so that there is room for what does.