Well I can't exactly say my final moments of 2014 were so noble. I got the urge on the 30th and the 31st do some makeup shopping--any kind of makeup shopping--because I knew that today it would be over and that filled me with dread. You know the feeling...it's the way you want to savor a few pieces of chocolate cake the day before your diet begins because it's your last hurrah. I decided I was going to pick up a lipstick that I previously owned and purged because I hated the formula. Yes that's right, I was about to go repurchase a product I didn't like just because I wanted to buy something to make me feel better. The sickness runs deep, I swear to you folks.
Well, apparently the deities, or luck, or whatever was on my side because it ended up being sold out at one store and the other store I tried was overwhelmed with NYE makeovers so I left after a couple of minutes waiting for assistance. I could not be happier to be blocked from buying something. I have more than enough crap I actually like to keep me going. I don't need something I hate taking up room.
For these first 10 days I only have a simple goal:
Get my sleep schedule in order. This in turn will help me...
- curb my addictive shopping tendencies. I notice my addictive shopping nature comes on when I'm feeling miserable about the day, life, etc and I most often feel miserable because I haven't slept well the night before. I'm a night owl by nature with a boyfriend in a different time zone so my sleep schedule has gotten destroyed in the last several weeks. It's affecting every aspect of my functioning and most often drives me to want to go buy something at Sephora as a pick me up, the same way people drive to Starbucks for a cup of coffee. If I could just get to sleeping a decent amount of hours per day, I am confident my desire to buy, buy, buy would be decreased tremendously.
- actually use the products I have. I haven't been wearing makeup to work lately because I'm so doggone tired in the mornings that I'd rather sleep in. If I could feel rested enough in the mornings that getting up a half hour early to slap some makeup on my face wasn't such a chore, I would actually start getting good use out of these products.
Good luck to everyone and stay strong! 99 more days to go and we can *totally* do this!