November Update III

This past week has been spent on working on my group programming project and attending an alumni panel. I also visited a few local nurseries and garden centers because I was curious to see what was around in my area. I found two new garden centers that I’ll probably visit again. 

Even though I made an exception and brought home 5 more plants, the no-buy, or rather the low-buy, for the past two months has really given me a new perspective. I have a clearer understanding of my shopping habit. It’s not necessarily about the item that I am bringing into my life, but rather the process of finding the best deals that I feel like would never show up again, adding them to a cart, and then purchasing those items. In my mind, it’s as if the items that I want at the time will disappear forever; thus, it would be best to buy them so that I won’t lose out on them. But as I went about the decluttering game, I found that I haven’t even used many of these items. The reality is that the items I bought ended up just taking up space in my closet. It is painful to declutter these items because I paid for them, but I know that in the long run it’s for the best.


I suppose this realization also applies to the materials that I bought for projects that I had intended to work on. It’s even harder to declutter because I know that some of these items are one of a kind. But, I need to remind myself that if I haven’t used the material by now, then it’s best to let them go so that I can have a cleaner and freer space. I need to swallow my pride and guilt, thank these items as Marie Kondo would do, and then let them go. Anyway, these were just some thoughts and realizations that I’ve been thinking about this month.


As for the blanket, I finished! I can now start working on the border. I know that I am cutting it close, especially since I want to finish the border on both blankets and complete the gray sweater by the end of November. I also want to declutter all the items from this month’s challenge by the end of the month or at least by the end of the first week of December.


28 Rows Completed!
However, I noticed that the blanket isn't wide enough. So, I plan to make the border a little wider on the right and left than the top and bottom.



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Day 25


Thank you for reading! Stay tuned for the final update for November and another post for my December plans! Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

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