tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119737378125673647.post3338395571028308832..comments2023-10-23T15:32:41.492-04:00Comments on This, My Life: Oh, OctoberKelly Dahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05657878717073020612noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119737378125673647.post-79831519764608080632011-04-07T13:59:25.492-04:002011-04-07T13:59:25.492-04:00testtestKelly Dahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05657878717073020612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119737378125673647.post-34313578490519941522010-10-27T17:40:14.519-04:002010-10-27T17:40:14.519-04:00I read this post a little while ago and can't ...I read this post a little while ago and can't stop thinking about your initiative to rid yourself of ads. I get a little thrill when catalogues come in and love to page through them. I tell myself it's to get "ideas." Like, what color I ought to paint the living room, that sort of thing. But the fact that we can't get any of that stuff--and of course the fact that we sometimes do anyway--really is a sort of affliction on our happiness. I am trying to imagine myself getting off the lists for these places--and we get an unbelievable amount of catalogues from all sorts of crazy places! Like a true junkie, not sure I can yet. But I feel like it may be an answer...Kirstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02264707956351261474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119737378125673647.post-87922710795558987492010-10-19T00:46:04.979-04:002010-10-19T00:46:04.979-04:00Hi Kelly,
very well written, and I totally agree w...Hi Kelly,<br />very well written, and I totally agree with you - 'want' is something we can transfer onto ourselves, to find us lacking... Take care of yourself, first :)Yvonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13707206414839461759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119737378125673647.post-13507636749888874762010-10-13T12:03:06.514-04:002010-10-13T12:03:06.514-04:00Thanks Em! Isn't it terrible that we feel &quo...Thanks Em! Isn't it terrible that we feel "sorry for ourselves" because we can't buy overpriced fleece for our kids? or another cute shirt for ourselves? Not to say we should deprive ourselves in any way. Let's just not get consumed by the over-consumerism that dominates so much. Love you, my friend!Kelly Dahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05657878717073020612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8119737378125673647.post-46087814974700370542010-10-13T11:36:13.879-04:002010-10-13T11:36:13.879-04:00hi kel! great post. you are so right about the m...hi kel! great post. you are so right about the moms needing the oxygen first. i need to think about that metaphor when i get stressed out at home. I don't get a lot of advertisement stuff in email, but I do get a ton of catalogs, and I've stopped even opening them... right into the recycle bin. If I open up the patagonia kids catalog, for example, there are 10 things I want and but are WAY too expensive, and it begins a mental tug-of-war that usually ends with me not buying something but feeling sorry for myself, feeling that wanting. So, out it goes! Today I'm going to (inspired by you!) figure out how to get my name off of mailing lists so I don't get them anymore at all. Thanks! love you!Emiliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08992230168470512775noreply@blogger.com