Failed.

I can never be a minimalist.
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Or even pretend to be one, more than a month. Sad.
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The culprit: An espresso machine!

The year of no shopping

I need to get this out of my chest and hold this post accountable for my pledge! I mean myself, accountable. Tomorrow will be the 1st of February and I will start this ridiculous idea of the year of no shopping (trial!) Since I've already bought everything our home/we needed on January, I think it is safe to say that I'm reaaadaaaayyyyyyhhhh!

Let's set a few ground rules.

1) I can spend for groceries.
2) I can spend for gifts. (tricky, but only date/occasion-appropriate ones)
3) Read all of my already bought books if I want to buy a new one.
4) No more facial/make up stuff. Already got stocks until end of 2020!!
5) No buying bags, coats, jackets, shoes, even electronics, NO!
6) When in doubt, say NO.

Let's see how far can I go....

Enhance your feeling of self-worth.

I will teach my daughters this as if their lives depend on it. It was not made upon me when I was growing up, not until I got into a boarding school, but it stopped there too, when I left.

In my own family I will force myself to religiously remind my girls that they are worthy, and their efforts and their voices are, too. I will willingly accept their flaws, their shortcomings and their failures as I would want for my own to accept mine.

Judging and critics would only worsen things, negative feedbacks would only draw them further than me. My understanding of what they are going through would help them to recognize their true potentials and eventually their value and self-worths.

Oh I hope I won't ruin this one. 

Finish a book!

I am so mad at myself, when I saw friends posting a picture of thick-ass books with captions like, "Finished reading in just a few hours, what a good book!"

Yes, I haven't finished a book for a while now, I remember only 2 last year. One about babies and one about time. I half-read tonnes in between, and kept on forgetting where I put them.

So this year, I vow to at least finish a book monthly since I found my long lost KINDLEEEEEEHH.

Yes, I have a kindle, I bought it out of curiosity, cause my husband have one and he's glued to it since forever, and Amazon was on sale, but I never establish keen for it, because I was stubborn that I must stick to books, and I was proud because I was 'traditional' and I loved boasting to him how I LOVE the smell of books.

Of course, I love their smell, but not being able to catch up to my reading because the book was a bit too big to fit into my bag, or I misplaced it somewhere, or I forgot to bring it with me to the car, or any other time I was out, or it was dark in the room and I couldn't read, I curse myself for not using the Kindle.

Well, those time has passed and I am wiser now because of it. And it's benefiting me too!

Did you know Kindle has apps that can be downloaded in the iPhones and MacBooks? I didn't! And every time I finished reading on the Kindle device, the other devices that has the app will sync themselves (provided there's coverage) and I can pick up at any device where I left off at the last page? And also they can store up to like thousands of books at one time??? Anddd did you know that one fully-charged Kindle can last up to 8 weeks for 30 mins daily use? And PDFs and eBooks also work on Kindle??? I didn't!!! Yes, okay let's calm down.

So...seems like I have all the reasons in the world ton not bail on the vow this time. Give me a month and I'll tell you if I do/don't!