Last time I wrote, I was promising to start Not New Year again at summer solstice. Well its been just over a month since then and a lot has happened!
1. I decided that since I was going to Glastonbury Festival over the summer solstice, it would be plain rude to start then. Or, if you were in a cruel mood, you could say that not buying lovely tut at the festival would be akin to torture, so I woost-it for a week. Guilty as charged!
2. I panicked. I have discovered this about myself – the first month of Not New Year is mad. I go into a weird shopping frenzy where I have to get loads of things off ebay. It is very strange and only now are things slowing down and becoming a little more sane. What will be revealing is the picture of expenditure over the 6 months as a whole (I hope!).
3. What has been interesting is that this year I have recorded everything entering (material wise, not food and bog roll!) and leaving the house. Upon typing I can say that the score is zero – but this hides 46 items entering the house and thus 46 items leaving. Freecycle, ebay and charity shops have helped with the purge but they are also responsible for adding to it.
4. The concept of a closed loop is working as far as items in and out of the house, but not in being able to fund ebay. The huge panic on ebay has landed me about £100 out of balance – so I must sell £100 worth of stuff to close the loop. Oh Dear. Must-stop-ebay-habit.
5. Just lost my job. This I think help explains, in part, the spending spree. I am hoarding. Using the last of the money to get things for myself and the family. I am, as I said before, panicking. But now I have had my last day, I can truly say I feel more in balance.
So thats the story so far………
- Tammy
