A friend mentioned they were going into Cañas today to pick up some hanging plants. I asked if there was room for me to tag along – I had only driven through Cañas and would love to see some of what they offered.
I used to consider myself a bit of a Shop-a-holic, loving to know what is available, methodically going up and down each aisle in any given store, choosing to purchase things (in many instances) because they struck my fancy.
Today I found myself doing two things a bit differently…
In the 2 larger stores we visited, the thought crossed my mind that I should go up and down each aisle to see if there was anything I “needed”. I immediately told myself this was not a requirement. If there was something I needed, that is what I should look for – rather than walking up and down to see if something I saw was needed…even if moments before I had no idea I needed it.
I looked at quite a bit of ‘stuff’ – and even picked up a few things, considering to purchase…I put them back. I asked myself whether it was necessary at this time – would it add value to our time here – was this something I had in the locker and could bring in 6 weeks – did I really ‘need’ it? There was 1 item I purchased which Walter and I had spoken about wanting to purchase – and not something I had in the storage locker – and it would be of benefit now. I slipped a bit when I purchased a few consumables which 2 of them I definitely did not need – but hey, they’d be eaten as soon as I got back home.
My perspective on shopping appears to have shifted slightly. Having gone through releasing so many of our belongings – removing all the stuff which we owned (and may actually have owned us), I have ended up not “needing” much at all.
