Or perhaps I can turn this into a spiritual thing and say I'm "fleeing from temptation" rather than avoiding a situation that I should learn to deal with.
Ever since I went on my strict savings plan, I've been so proud of my self-control and restraint (though I suppose those 2 descriptors are essentially the same thing) in shopping and spending without hesitation or consideration. I find myself feeling guilty for spending $20 at Target for a jacket that was on clearance. I took it back. (Though I should confess that it wasn't very flattering and so not worth the guilt.)
Shopping when you have no money to spend isn't very much fun. I've even stopped browsing sites I love online because I don't want to be tempted or frustrated that I must abstain. All of the glorious and beautiful and unique design blogs I used to read, not so much fun anymore without a home of my own to decorate and money to decorate with. Don't you agree?
In other news, I'm reaching the "really, really annoyed" stage of impatience. And I still have weeks to go. I need to harvest this impatience and go for more walks.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Avoidance
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walks are free... take your camera with you... create your own art... and enjoy it... you CAN do it KEL!
I'm sure I should know this but what happens in several weeks? When is the end? sorry if I'm a lame friend for asking....
Weeks to go until I hear from all of the schools about interviews. And then still many more weeks until those interviews, and still even more weeks until I know where I've been accepted.
Too many weeks for my liking.
Hang in there, Kell. This will all be over sooner than you think and then the next months will absolutely FLY BY like a flash, because you'll be interviewing--and then moving, and then in grad school!
About abstaining from browsing: very smart, indeed! (Refer to 'Indexed' and her graph about the correlation between discontent and advertising.) Those bastards create needs you don't even have--why I had to get rid of the luxury hotel book. Too tempting!
You'll push past it. I remember being so frustrated that I couldn't go shopping that I made myself a little sick.
It's hard, but you can do it.
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