Day 95 / 108 Challenge

#95

"I bow for peace between countries arguing for political reasons."

When I had to move houses four times in the course of 3 weeks, I had to travel light. I had a 10x10ft storage unit filled with stuff, but I survived without them. This is when I realized I owned excessive amount of material stuff. I also recognized that I would rather spend $3,000 on having an extra month of rent or mortgage than buying a designer bag or clothes. Basically, I would have prioritized spending money on making my life easier versus owning "nice things".

Once my basic needs are met, such as housing is secured and I have few clothes I like to wear that fit me well, I would then spend money on what I eat and my health. That would be good quality of ingredients for my meal, and gym memberships. Then I would spend money on spending time with people I care about or doing the things I like. That would be going out to restaurants or travelling.

I think overtime we accumulate things because at the time we feel like we need something. However, I think most of the times we try to fill the void we feel inside by purchasing things. For example, how many times have you looked at your closet filled with clothes and thought, "I have nothing to wear."?

I became more mindful of this lately, and had not made any big unnecessary purchases yet. I would be lying if I were not tempted to do so. But each time I analyzed my situation, and determined whether I really needed it or if I needed to fill something else (loneliness, being stuck in life, etc.).

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Challenge Log

Requirements
No Snacks No drinks or desserts exceeding weekly limit	No snacks
Water intake (max 2L)	1.5L
2x Pomodoro flows (read min. 10 pages)	Relationship feedback and note to my future-self
Productive activity (write a journal or a blog; create a product)	Journalling
Physical activity (min. 45 minutes)	SICK DAY - walk around in the house
Wildcard (any 1 of read/produce/exercise above)	(PRODUCE) Self discovery on what I want, who I want to be, where I want to go in life

What I am thankful for today

++ I am thankful to have finally done some of self discovery. Realizing what I want in life and having conversation with myself in a brutally honest way was eye opening.

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