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1.This is the best inspo for decluttering that I've ever read - empty space as aspirational!

2. I honestly thought that drawing was by your daughter before I read the caption

3. I wish I could afford to subscribe... Things are tight... One day!

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i agree. ive actually just thrown a couple of things away....

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but the ingredients in this elbow cream do not know that they are elbow cream. 🤣

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Jan 8Liked by The Sophist

This is wonderful. A ringing, resounding YES to this. "If we mature our money for the things we love, the hope is that we won’t spend the rest of our lives paying off the debts on things we only liked." And I am going to apply it to my Vinted "habit". x

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Jan 8Liked by The Sophist

But the eye cream is different to the face lotion. I am not meant to put face lotion on my eyes. Neither directly on them nor around my eye area. And the eye cream is too expensive to put on my face. Maybe I'll just wither away?

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Jan 8Liked by The Sophist

Yes! This is the single best reasoning for Not Buying The Things that I’ve ever read. Thank you! Worth this month’s Substack for sure :)

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Aw Fiona you have warmed my budget cockles.

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Jan 8Liked by The Sophist

I loved this, thank you! As a fellow hoarder and prolific buyer of Things To Make Me Happy, Today, this really landed. There’s a certain irony in the first thing I googled after reading being “Joan Mitchell 1983 Untitled how much?” but I have discovered it went for some $225000 last time it was sold by Bonhams and that isn’t quite within my budget for Nice Stuff anyway so it’s all good. I’m sure I’ll get the hang of the not buying as a thing soon

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Ahahahahaha I would probably have googled that too. Was sort of hoping people would squint and think it said Joni Mitchell. Why yes, I’ve got Joni illustrating my newsletter now.

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Fabulous painting! And sorely needed help with “national debris pile”.,( my own).

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Ahh you sound like a true Heawood. The National Debris Pile is something we know well. Could probably sell tickets.

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I really think that I want a handmade, custom hat that costs $699 plus tax and shipping. Every day I review this desire and respond “No, not today.” I still want the hat though

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(You know this though. The wanting!)

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I’m now worried about this hat. Helen I haven’t had the pleasure of seeing it or indeed you, but - I really don’t think you need this hat.

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Your control is admirable. Perhaps my fear is that I now want your hat.

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ooooh turning NOT buying something into the same exciting quiver is....a quiverful thought. SCINTILLATING!!! i love it. i'm going to try it........

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GET QUIVERING

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Jan 8Liked by The Sophist

"Do not mistake kindness for shopping" : Yes! You iz very wise.

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"The ingredients in this elbow cream do not know that they are elbow cream." - BRILLIANT - it's something that has niggled away at me for years, and I'm glad to see I'm not crazy! Thanks for the inspiration!

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NOT CRAZY xx

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Jan 10Liked by The Sophist

elbow cream! wonderful

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Jan 9Liked by The Sophist

I got to you 💪🏻

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I am very scared of flying - my Xmas present was a flying confidence course lol - so I found the padded air paragraph very soothing

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Ahhh. Come fly with meeeee P Sykes

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Jan 9Liked by The Sophist

Loved this. So true.

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So happy to have found this today. Thank you. 🙏

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