Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.

Let's talk about a way that you can start to feel a little better, no matter how you feel

already, but how you can feel a little bit better right now. It's very simple.

I love to do this. I actually have to remind myself to do this because we're not really

encouraged to do what it is I'm about to tell you to do, okay? We definitely, for sure, I think,

I can't imagine anyone would refute this,

we live in an age of consumption. It's buying more, having more, more, more is better,

everything bigger, everything newer, everything flashier. But what if, even though we're bombarded with advertising, we're bombarded with what everybody else is doing, we're constantly seeing our need for upgrades in every area of our lives, what if we decided at least for today, at least for this week, maybe even at least for this month, we don't need more. Nothing. We don't need more. And one way that you can

implement this to start to feel better now and even to have fun right now exactly where you are

with what you have is to use what you have. I can't tell you how many times I've had to actually physically

move, move locations, move apartments, move cities, move countries to remember how much I have.

The accessories that are tucked away, the stuff that I don't see, the stuff at the back

of the kitchen cupboards, like, oh, I forgot I had this nice little crystal.

That was a gift.

Doesn't this, I mean, when you think about it, what you've already accumulated and acquired in your life, even if it doesn't feel like a lot compared to other people, I would say,

from my own experience, most of us have more than we think.

So instead of jumping to purchase something,

which I know is an easy, easy way to get a quick dopamine here, an easy way to feel a bit better,

what if you use what you have? Here are some examples. Books you already have on your shelf.

Read them. Re-read them. I can't tell you how many memes.

I see about people who buy books and they're like they're piling up and I'll get to them one day and then we keep purchasing more and more. Read what you have. Read what's on the shelf.

I bet you're a book lover if you like this podcast and there are some books on

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