November 26, 2018 – J-Dubs Grin and Bear Its is

I wrote all lower case since that is what the book shows. The rest of the title is

how I stopped shopping, gave away my belongings, and discovered life is worth more than anything you can buy in a store

Roger that!! I re-read the book because the first time I inhaled it in two days and may have missed some stuff in my sprint. Plus we have book club tonight and I am getting forgetful. I wanted to refresh my memory. Here is all I wrote the first time … Today is the Day! Spurred on by Book Club – Part 2.

Not much content but then again especially for memoirs, I do not judge. Too personal and too brave to bare one’s soul like that.

I will never be able to downsize to only 29 articles of clothing or make my own shampoo but I can budget and follow the handy dandy flow chart. Do I want or need it? If want, then no. If need, then proceed but be strategic in your purchase and see if there are other options like to repair first. Then I can stop and smell the roses or otherwise divert my attention to what is special.

A paraphrased note for my common place book which is almost at capacity:

Two types of friends – bad influence or supporter. In recovery, we need support. Examples given:

Someone who stops you from going home with a rando from the bar and someone who calls you in the morning to see how it went.
Someone who stops you from buying the designer handbag that you can’t afford and do not NEED and someone who drives you to the store to buy it.
Someone who will work out with you and someone who will congratulate you on eating two burgers in one sitting.

I have the most supportive friends and mainly I hide all the bad stuff from them anyway. I don’t want anyone to watch me go down in flames. “Oh the places you will go” and not in a good Dr. Seuss way either. But I keep trying. Work in Progress. One Day At A Time.

Read the book, you’ll be glad you did. There is a reason it is getting all those accolades.

As always, more to come.