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We all have our vices, and for those of you who don't know me, mine is shopping.

I love to shop.

Nothing makes me happier than a beautiful, well-designed outfit that makes you go, dang!

And I know exactly where I got this from.

Hi parents!

I've seen plenty of old folders of them from back in the day dressed to the nines, two

toned shoes, faux fur coats, bell bottoms, dashikis, and even though this love for shopping runs

in my blood, I know it isn't always the healthiest habit.

Back in 2017, I read an article by the author Ann Patchett who talked about how her year

of no shopping changed her life.

He got me thinking about the ways my own shopping habits, specifically with clothes, were

affecting my life, and made me wonder whether I should try this year of no shopping thing.

I went back and forth about whether it was even possible and convinced myself.

I can do it, you can do it!

So for all of 2018, I was on a shopping diet, and it was transformational.

I had more time in my day because I wasn't sneaking around into stores to shop.

I had more clarity because I wasn't distracting myself.

I was also attuned to my emotions because I wasn't stuffing my face with clothes.

There were deep things I had been avoiding that my little habit of shopping was helping

me to suppress.

I mean, they call it retail therapy for a reason.

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