You're listening to 3 in 30 takeaways from Mom's episode 162.

Three lessons learned from a year of no shopping.

Welcome to 3 in 30, a podcast for moms who want to create more meaning in motherhood.

Each 30-minute episode will feature three doable takeaways for you to try at home with your family this week.

I'm your host Rachel Nielsen.

Thank you so much for being here.

I live in a tiny town in Idaho where we have no mall, no Costco, and no target.

So last year in December I decided to make the 2.5 hour drive to our closest big city,

Boise, in order to do some Christmas shopping. While I was there I got some great gifts for loved ones,

but the person that I ended up buying the most stuff for was myself.

Because as I was choosing a gift for my sister I noticed a pair of really cute leopard print flats

that I needed, and oh that black sweater is so cute and it's on sale and well I'm not at a mall

very often so I better just grab that fun winter hat and those jeans I've been eyeing.

Before I started my drive back home I sat in the parking lot of the mall and downloaded the audio

version of my friend Miranda Anderson's book. I've been meaning to read it for months and this long

drive seemed like the perfect opportunity. Her book is called More Than Enough, and I

did already know a little bit about the general premise of the book, but I remember reading the

full description as it was downloading on my phone and literally laughing allowed at the irony of it.

The book description says, as another year unfolded lifestyle blogger and mom of three Miranda

Anderson realized she felt weighed down by the mass of belongings her family had been accumulating.

In an effort to pair down and cultivate a deeper sense of gratitude and abundance in their lives,

she and her husband decided to embark on a minimalism challenge where they would stop all

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