My name is Caitlin, and I am addicted to consuming.

My name is Caitlin, and I am addicted to consuming. 

That very word makes my blood boil.  Consuming….  It sounds like one of the deadly sins.  Lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, pride and consuming.  Although I suppose, each of the 7 deadly sins can be related to consuming.

I have a lust for ‘insert whichever item I currently need.’

I am gluttonous and need everything I want.

I am greedy and buy more than I need.

Sloth, the sleep like state as I walk around the stores buying what I don’t need or even the sloth of not repairing an item or altering an item and just replacing it and consuming more!

The wrath when something I want is not in my size or on sale.

The envy when someone has something I want and I don’t have or when I don’t currently have the funds to buy a purchase I want.

The unnecessary pride I have when I get more and more things that I don’t need.

I have decided that 2015 will be a year of change.  In 2015 I have decided to challenge myself and stop consuming.  I assume it will be quite obvious that I do not mean that I will stop all consuming.  Unfortunately, as a living being I need to eat food and stay hydrated.  I do also need to consume accommodation and I need somewhere to keep the stuff I have so I can go on living a normal life.  I could go on, but I assume you get the gist of what I am saying.

I plan to stop consuming items that I don’t need.  I define need as a an item that is completely unnecessary to the day to day running of my life, or that I do not consider ‘culture’.  Don’t expect me to be a recluse for the next 12 months, I won’t be sitting on my lounge thinking about all the things I wish I could buy or do.  This project is not to save money (that will be a given) but to change my habits and learn be content with what I have.   

I invite you and to join me on my quest, my quest for consumer freedom! 

Go forth and stop consuming…..