Today will mark my first step towards living a minimalist life. Honestly, I could never live fully as a minimalist because I am also a fangirl but I will work to be less of a pack rat.
I am starting with my emails. I tend to keep emails forever. With my last job, I would keep emails in my inbox for 30 days and then archive them to another folder. I am going to stop that. I am clearing out all my emails starting today. Anything from the past is going to be deleted, unless it has to do with my personal writing.
Once I am done with my emails I will work to rid myself of other things. I try not to be materialistic but as a fangirl of one of THE BEST Kpop groups, it is hard to not be. Before I was into Kpop I had stopped purchasing things such as albums. I did occasionally by one copy from a group I really loved but that was it.
With Kpop they not only have albums, they have more merchandise than the band shirts, hoodies, and beanies I am used to.
That means that since October 2016, I have acquired more stuff than I had previously and am now the owner of things I never thought I would buy.
Being a fangirl isn't new to me. I have been a fangirl of Sailor Moon since I was 9 years old. I bought the DVD sets, chopsticks, purses, trinkets and just about anything else I could get my hands on that was available in America. Just imagine what I would own if I had gone to Japan like I had wanted to.
But now, I feel like I have too much stuff. And clearing out my email as I am doing now, I realize that I tend to hold on to things that I don't need to. So here is to day 1. Emptying my emails of the past that doesn't need to be there.
~Cece
