A minimalistic aproach to buying things

So as you guys know I'm a minimalist. Or you may not know. But anyways today I'm going to be talking about a minimalist approach to buying things. So let's refresh on minimalism real quick. Minimalism is living a more rich life with less. It's having time to focus on the important things. You can focus on the important things by getting rid of the stuff/relationships that don't give you joy or that you don't use.

Understanding what you need and what you don't need
A lot of people make the excuse that they "need" something when it's actually just a want, and they will buy it. It's okay to want things, everyone wants things. But we have to be able to distinguish wants vs needs. This will help you make better decisions when it comes to how you spend your money. We all know pretty much what we need and don't need so when it comes to buying things focus on only the things that you need. But if you find something else it's okay to treat yourself if you haven't treated yourself in a while. But don't start using treating yourself as an excuse, because there is a difference between treating yourself too much and treating yourself just the right amount.

What to think about when you do treat yourself
When treating yourself think about these two things.Will you use it, and will it bring you joy? If it does then it's good to go through with buying it. But if not then rethink your decision. But let's say for example if you think it will only bring part-time joy then rethink your decision too. By eliminating the things that don't bring us joy or the things we don't use, it will bring us freedom. Freedom isn't easy for those who love to splurge, but if you change your mindset then freedom will come easier. Spending less money=Freedom, now do you want freedom?

Quality over quantity
When you do have to buy something new, think quality over quantity. You want what you buy to last a while, right? Paying extra for a nice quality item that you know is going to last years is well worth your money. Now I'm going to tell the wallet story about why you should buy quality over quantity. So I got this wallet from Target and it lasted about half a year and then the coin purse zippy part of it broke on me, and I lost all my coins that I had in there, I was mad. But I understood why it broke because it was a cheap wallet. Then for Christmas 2016, I decided to get a Kate Spade wallet and I knew that this wallet would last me years because it's made from leather and it's designer. And I've been using it ever since Christmas and it's still not broken in yet. It's great! So sometimes it's better to go for quality over quantity.

First snow of 2017

It snowed and we had no school for three days! So you know what I did, I went sledding and sat around and did nothing. On here I just wanted to share the photos that I took when I was enjoying the snow. 

The greenway near my house looked really pretty with all the snow. 

I don't know what pose I'm making in this photo but I guess I'll call it the snowman pose. 

And of course, I had to do a closeup of a pine tree, just for photography purposes. 

I loved cozying up in my socks.

I really like this photo, I feel like this mini mountain screams "climb me".

And this is the mast photo of me, all the rest are landscape photos. 

I really like this photo too because it has depth. 

Then this last one is of the pond, it looks foggy. 

Sharing some poems that I wrote

I'm so sorry for slacking on my posting. I have been lazy. But I promise I will get back to my regular posting schedule(every Friday). So now I wanted to share some poems, because the last time I shared things that I wrote it mostly stories, so now I'm changing it up. Also look at how cute my dog looks in the image above.

A Hue of Blue

A little who

In the little who town hollered a coo

hollering that the snooper is blue

The snooper oh he was a hue

He was a hue of blue

he was an ew

Because he scared everyone in the town of who’s

every year he cried boo

He cried about his stew

And it really upset the who’s

But who would stop him from hollering about his stew

Because he sure is a hue of blue

Maybe the rooper would stop the coo’s

Maybe the rooper would take the snooper to the zoo

And that’s what he did he that snooper to the slew

Oh it sure was a slew but that’s what he gets for being a hue

A hue of blue

Inky, Blue paradise

Have you ever loved someone for real?

The real kind of love?

The kind of love that keeps you thinking

The kind of love that leaves your heart aching

The kind of love that makes you go insane

The kind of love when you feel like you’re a million feet underwater

Grasping for air but still being able to breathe

I know how real love feels like

And the problem is that I only love you

As soon as I saw you I tripped and fell instantly

I fell deep into a dark, inky blue paradise

The more I fell, the more I lost my mind

And once I hit the bottom

I was completely crazy

I stayed at the bottom for a while

I was mad in love and barely knew what was real or not

But I sure knew my love for you was real

Slowly, as time went by, I started to regain my sanity

And I started hearing less voices

I was slowly floating back to the surface

I was unsure of why I was floating back

It happened as unexpectedly as me falling deep

It’s been a long journey but I think I have reached the surface

I can see the golden sunlight again and breathe in the fresh air

I have almost gained all of my sanity back

Whether I’m sane or not, I’ll keep loving you

You Are Outer Space

You are outer space.

Your skin is made of stardust and your eyes as vast as a wormhole

Both glitter Like shooting stars

moments before they disappear beyond the horizon

Your smile

Explodes like a supernova

Unforeseen but all at once

Spreading out everywhere and filling everywhere with its beauty

You are unknown.

Almost all of you is not known

Not even the greatest explorer could reach you

Because you are from out of this world

Your hands are constellations

Made up of many lines and imperfections

I wish I could trace all the lines that make up your constellation

And hold your hand in mine pleasantly and tightly

You are outer space.

You are unexplored

You are gargantuan

You are prepossessing

Christmas Lookbook

1)Squad is ready

2)You really think I'm going to do anything over holiday break

3)Christmas Parade with Sarah

4)When can we open the presents?!

5)When you try to take cute photos for Christmas but then your dog photobombs

5)"You better not eat all the potato casserole"

6)He deserves it

7)I'm a reindeer

Christmas room tour

My dresser

(this is what you see when you first walk in)

This is a closeup of the stuff on my dresser

This is another close up of my dresser

My bed

A closeup of my bed

My nightstand

My lamp stand thing

This cute sign is hanging on the wall that contains my nightstand

My mirror 

Here is my beanbag on the floor right next to my dresser

My bookshelf

(which is not used to store books)

I love this snowman head light

I also have this cute little plate thing on my wall above my mirror.

And that is pretty much my Christmas room. I love how I decorated my room for Christmas this year. Tomorrow my Christmas lookbook will be out. So get ready for that. 

Holiday Guide: Christmas Greenery

Do you want to know how to transform your Christmas greenery for free? In this holiday guide I will tell you how to make your greenery look full and luxurious for little to no cost. So what you will need is some cheap garland from the dollar store, some yard clippings(preferably evergreen, pine, or Christmas tree clippings), ribbon or something like ribbon to secure the garland, and some ornaments or other decorations to put in the garland. 

So first you will lay out your cheap dollar store garland on wherever you want your garland to be. Next thing you will do is get your ribbon and tie the garland to wherever you're putting it. That way when you stick all the yard clippings in it will actually stay. Next you will stick your yard clippings in. You know what I love about using yard clippings is it makes your garland look more real, and it makes it smell good too. Not to mention it's free. You could also use those little Christmas picks that you can get at the store and stick it in, if you don't want to use yard clippings. There is not really a technique to sticking it in, other than making sure you stick all the clippings in evenly so there won't be a large lump of garland, and a small lump. Also don't be afraid to stick in pine cones or random sticks, get creative with it. Once you got your gorgeous garland all set up, decorate it. You can pretty much use anything you want. For a nice contrast you could try doing a variety between small and big ornaments. That's what I did for the garland that I did this year, and it looks great. 

Before

After

The transformation is amazing! For this year's garland it was under two dollars. Isn't that amazing, and it looks great. And you could use this technique with any Christmas greenery, I just happen to use it with garland. Also warning you will have to vacuum afterwards but it's worth it for some amazing looking garland. 

Who's ready for Christmas? I am dude. On this blog every single week leading up until Christmas I'm going to have a new holiday guide post. It's going to be awesome and I'm really excited to show you guys my Christmas lookbook and Christmas room tour coming soon. So get ready!!!!! See you in next week's holiday post!

November Favorites

1)Getting hype for Christmas

Christmas is coming and that means that I'm hype. We decorated the house the day before Thanksgiving and it just makes me so happy to see that Christmas is coming. It's crazy how fast this year went by It's literally December. I've can't stop talking about Christmas because I just love it so much. Now I will shush about it now.

2)Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was really fun, I ate too much through. The food is obviously the best part of Thanksgiving. I wrote a whole post about thanksgiving so check it out, it's the post before this.

3)Peppermint lotion

I've been using this lotion everyday, and it just puts me in the winter spirit, It smells really good and I just love smelling like winter.

4)YouTube
I've been getting into creating YouTube videos. I did my first vlog and I guess it's pretty cool. I want to start doing YouTube videos because it just intrests me, and I want to share my life with the internet. Come check out my channel. Also Subscribe to my channel.  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChHA_zQi_qrsVJwjGCLNISw

5)How to Grinch Stole Christmas Movie
This is my favorite Christmas Movie, and It's a tradition of mine to watch this every year around Christmas time. I just love how it's like a real life kind of grinch, like not a cartoon if you know what I mean. It just puts me in the Christmas spirit, I feel like I'm a who in whoville because I love Christmas so much haha. If you are looking for a good Christmas movie, watch this.