There's a freedom living day to day, I would think. In other countries, they don't store up food for a week. Daily, they go to the market and buy what they need for the meals that day. As an American, however, it would be hard to switch our mindset from always having things bought ahead.
The problem is, we don't just buy food ahead. We buy wrapping paper on sale, stationery, extra crayons and school supplies, etc. and then store it all. Sometimes we buy more of the same because we forget about what we already have. To add insult to injury, we have so much, it becomes "new" clutter because it was never used. Today, think about what you've bought ahead. Do you even know what you have? Can you use any of it in the next month? I found some sports printer paper I got on sale years ago and will use it for a newsletter at school this week.
Today I opened a bag of potpourri, put it in a crystal bowl, and set it on a table in my family room. When we cleared out my mother-in-law's house after she died several years ago, I brought the new bag of potpourri over to my house. It's about time that I used it!
ReplyDeleteMy new house has a lot of garden areas. I have a bunch of flower seed packets that have been around awhile. I figure I'll give these seeds a chance even though they date back years. Maybe something will germinate, but if not they will no longer be taking up space in the garage.
*Susan! That is awesome!
ReplyDelete*Heidi ~ again thank you for the "food for thought" about simplifying our lives.
I had lent someone two books to read. They returned them to me and I put them right in the give-away box! No sitting around my house for days, weeks, months, years!