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Episode 296 – How to curb your shopping addiction

Would you consider yourself to be a shopaholic? Shopping plays a huge part in the clutter in our homes. If we are truly overwhelmed, part of the decluttering process is to stop the clutter at source, but this can be easier said than done. In today's podcast we’re going to talk about ways you can curb your shopping addiction.
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Would you consider yourself to be a shopaholic? Shopping plays a huge part in the clutter in our homes if we are truly overwhelmed part of the decluttering process is to stop the clutter at source. But this can be easier said than done. In today's podcast, we're going to talk about ways you can curb your shopping addiction.

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You're listening to the declutter Apple podcast, bringing you tried and tested no nonsense tips and advice from the leading experts in decluttering and organizing your home. Now here are your hosts, Ingrid Jansen, and Lesley Spellman.

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Hello, and welcome, listeners. I'm Ingrid. And I'm Lesley. If you're new to the declutter hub podcast, you're so welcome. What you'll find is that we try and find a fun factor in the serious business of decluttering. And if you've been here for a while, you know exactly what we mean. So thank you so much for listening. If

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01:34
Lesley, I have a feeling this podcast might be a bit like, Oh, they're gonna tell us we can never ever shop again. We're gonna lose listeners already before we've even listened in Lesley. So what's the deal today, then?

01:48
Well, I suppose what we're talking about, really, we're talking about shopping. Because the bottom line is a lot of the clutter in our homes, definitely comes from having acquired it. Sometimes that's for free. Of course, there are things that come into our homes that are that we get given by other people that we acquire in various ways that are free. But let's be honest, most of the time, the cords that comes into our home is because we have at some point over there bought it. And some people who love clutter, also love to shop. Now, do I think that you could have a clutter free home and still sharp? Yes, I do. Because I I have that. I still like to shop not to access. But so I do have a kind of refresh of things I like to go shopping, I enjoy that. And I enjoy having new things. But I still have a clutter free home. But it is very relevant in the decluttering process. And it's something that we in the declutter hub, we have to stop the clutter at source as well as trying to let go of the clutter that we no longer need. Both of those things are related, right? Yes, in the

02:54
Alessia, you're absolutely right, you know, because either the stuff comes into our homes, and it is, it's free, and people give stuff to us, or you know, we think it comes in when we go shopping. But there's also almost a lot of good have a bit of an area in the middle. And that's where we think we're doing a good thing by going to charity shops buying stuff because we want to support a charity or we're donating something to the charity think we'll have a little browse around goodwill of the church shop. And we see lots of stuff, we think that is such a bargain. Let me pick up a few bits while I'm here. And our I catch stuff. And before we know it, we've got a trolley full of stuff. And the stuff comes in that way. So it doesn't always have to be shopping for shopping malls or online shopping. That's what I was kind of trying to

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say definitely. And there is definitely a benefit of shopping from a charity shop. Because what that means is that item is not is as got two lives, right or a second life. And so it's good for the environment. You know, it's good to not just keep continually refreshing things and so there's definitely a benefit to that. But it's also a dangerous thing for anybody that is I mean a shopping addiction. We call this podcast a shopping addiction. But, you know, it doesn't necessarily have to be addiction in the in the clinical sense of the word. But we know whether or not we love to shop and perhaps our love of shopping is a little bit excessive. I think that's what we're talking about. What we wanted to talk about in today's podcast was some of the things that you can do mostly practical to try and help you a little bit to ship those habits that you've got when you go shopping. So some practical elements in there. There's some emotional elements in there. And first of all, we're gonna get started with financing. I

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think what's really important when you are struggling with collateral and you know, you kind of overdo it in the shopping in your spare time. You need to start looking at a budget. It's really really crucial. You need to know how much money is coming in. How much is going out to essentials, how much is going out to to food and heat and water and rent or mortgage and those kinds of things. And what's my He to play with and what kind of money have I got left over for all the other stuff because the list of all the other stuff is so long as well. And if you've got a lot, you know, if you've got a family as well, you know, everybody's got their activities and things. So you have to, you know, create a budget and look at that and go, How much money is actually in the pocket that we can spend on other bits. So

05:24
I think there's, there's different ways why you would why you would choose to have a budget, right. So the first one, of course, is, so you can stick to that budget and not go over it. But I think budgeting allows you to be really honest and get a very visible view of what you're spending on things. And I think that's very, very important to see that it's almost like we talked quite a lot about doing an inventory in your home, don't wait to kind of confront yourself, it's almost a confronting behavior to show you. And sometimes that is certainly the excesses of shopping in the past or not, not intentional shopping, or however you want to look at that. And this serves the same purpose, which is that we look at this thing, and we actually go, wow, those are all of the things that I bought this month, this quarter, whatever that is, and it can be very confronted. And that can be enough to stop you in your tracks. Yeah, I think another thing as well about budgeting is it appeals to the gamification side of people as well. So particularly when you start using apps and things like that, there's loads of apps out there where you can track spending, you know, you can assign categories to things. And there is a gamification element to it. And that is something that certainly a lot of people in our community really liked. They liked the game of trying to stick to a budget, trying to have, you know, the apps will say spend 30% on this and 30% on that. And to try and keep within the parameters of the app is a big thing. And it's so if a gamification is something that you definitely work with. So if you're somebody who loves things like our one item a day challenge, or you know, an A to Zed challenge, or some of the things that we do in our membership, if you naturally go for that, then maybe you can budget on an app, and that will give you that same kind of buzz of gamification, which is a big thing, right?

07:14
I think a set visibility isn't it's because of course, in the most like the olden days, we had cash, we had cash in our wallets. And we could just see it go away. You know what I mean? But now, of course, people because we pay so much with cards and with apps and with wallets on our phones and things. It's like invisible, isn't it? Poof. And suddenly you're like, how can i Where's my money's gone this month. So I think it's really important to make it much more visible.

07:43
You know, it was interesting. I was listening to us listen to a podcast actually yesterday, which was all about it was really interesting podcast about how are we I think it's called something like, Are we better off? It's just like a minute Millennials podcast that somebody sends me, everyone the kids, it was about, Are we better off? Are we worse off than our parents generation, you know, this whole thing about that they can't get on the housing ladder, and all those kinds of things, which is absolutely true. But it was a really interesting concept to listen to a podcast or listen to sorry, but one of the things that they spoke about is this concept of younger children now, particularly now we've got Apple Pay and Google Pay, not understanding cash, hard cash. And, you know, there was this one lady, and she said to her little boy, you know, mommy can't afford to buy that. And he was like, just buy it off your phone. So it's kind of almost Yeah, you've not got a tangible look at what you've got anymore. And it's so easy to just click on your phone within a second, there's no barriers at all. So I think it's really important to recognize how things have shifted, how easier has become to buy things. And it's all raveled up in the sort of finance, you know, because, you know, people who have to declutter their homes often, you know, fall into financial issues as well as a result of their, the culture in their homes. And so all these things are wrapped up together. Yeah, the first thing on our list, I think it's really, really important to create a budget, stick to it. Think about the app side of things. Think about the gamification, think about the conference inside of having a budget as well. And not just the kind of boring sticking to a budget thing which people out I want to do that no one wants to do that. No one wants to confront their own behaviors with shopping. Yeah, but it's an important first step to be able to do that.

09:26
Yeah. And I think indeed the following once you've set a budget, like you said, how track your spending, how much is going to a daily coffee, when you're on the go somewhere on your way somewhere, you can quickly nip in and grab a coffee and how much is going on? Oh, I'll just nip to the shops today to top up my shop. You know, that's kind of a terminology that a lot of people here in the UK use. I'm just going to top up my shop and I in the beginning I didn't understand what people meant.

09:54
Why he says that top of my shop yeah, I've never heard of that. I've never heard of that. I know

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they're going like to the small supermarket around the corner just to top up,

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maybe it's like a bag so

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I'm gonna get some milk and some bread and you know, like little bits and bobs. But before you know it, you go out for milk and bread, come back with a whole bag full of stuff that you didn't even know you needed by

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English bobbing around with this terminology, but no, none of that. No, everybody will come on to the podcast now. And so let's let's be mean as always, and I definitely say top up my shop. It must be like I can get away with it. Because I'm like, actually British English English No. So she just believes if I say that's not a thing you think is if they wanted to sing to you. So that's what's important.

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Anyway, but you now got the whole trick of what I want to point out to me. And that is, if you just indeed come back from work or picking up the kids and just nip across the road to the corner shop to get a couple of bits. Before you know it, that's 30 quid you went in for a pint of milk, which is I don't know two pound or something. I don't even know it because everything goes, knowing

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with how much a pint of milk, I think you can get four pints for two pound

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that you know, because my husband does to shopping. So

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for a pint of milk, two pound, I reckon. Okay,

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anyway, perfect. But if you do that every day, or multiple times per week, you know, that's what I find interesting when you watch the programs, you know, when they tried to help families to curb their spending, especially with food. And it's that they do a main shopper, they do a big shop, and then they top it up. This is where I got it from Lesley, which shops all the time, and then they spend hundreds of pounds every month on food. And I think when you start to track yourself and log in and go Hold on a minute, okay. You know, normally you don't you don't notice the three pound for pound or two pound right on if you don't have, you know, a very limited budget to work with. But it really adds up. That's what the point that was?

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No, Ingrid, it's a very, very valid points. And so, you know, it's all about that visibility. And it's all about looking for where those barriers have been removed by the big companies. And perhaps what we need to do to be kinder to ourselves, and to try and break those habits ourselves is try and put some of those barriers back in place. And so let's not put too many barriers, because then it's an absolute pain, isn't it? But just the fact that if you've got a credit card, for example, if it auto fills your details, and all you need to remember is three numbers, which is your, you know, the kind of security number whatever, yes, yeah, that's really easy. Remove that saved payment information, which means that every time you add to basket, if you're sitting in your bed, for example, in your purse is downstairs with your credit cards and all that kind of stuff, then you've got to physically get out of bed to go and do it, there's a barrier in there, that means that you go, I'll do that in the morning. And then that kind of dopamine hit of that spenders gone. So things like this are really going to help you remove that safe payment information from your apps. I mean, you know, there's an argument that says that we shouldn't be saving those things. Anyway, this is a little bit easy for hackers and spammers, and all that is get hold of it, remove save payment information, make it less convenient for yourself to make these online purpose purchases. Now, we could go one step further and say you know what, I'm not going to use Apple Pay, I'm not going to use Google Pay. People use envelope systems where they actually physically take cash out every week, if they're going to spend the sharps or whatever and go, I'm going to take 100 pounds out. And then when it's gone, it's gone because it's that tangible cash. And so we might not want to go that far to go back to a cash based system. But if it's something that you're really struggling with, it's something it's a past possibility for you to use. But you know, take it away. So payments information, and perhaps is the first step, take it away Apple Pay or Google Pay off your phone and making it more difficult. But of course, that comes with downsides as well. We need to get ourselves to a stage where actually the impulse has gone away and we can manage our own behaviors. But perhaps as an initial step, take some of these barriers up or put some of these barriers back in place until you train yourself on these other things.

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Yeah, I think it's also kind of the same as what you got to manage like when you switch once you sleep over it it kind of you know the dopamine hit is gone it's a bit like putting something in your basket but not yet buying it. You know because it's very easy to go oh, I want to buy this this this and have a whole basket full of things or have even some people have a wish list you can create wish lists now and loads of sites not only you know, Amazon, but also even on days out in the holidays that I don't know whatever you create a wish list of things. And then it's very tempting, isn't it too? completely, but once you kind of put it in your basket, hold off, just hold off with clicking that buy button, just say you know what I'm going to, I'm going to leave this the screen open. But I'm just going to sleep on it, or I'm going to go away and think about it and give myself eight hours, 24 hours, how long it is, just to kind of go Hold on, do I really, really need it. And lots of times, it's like, actually, but I don't need it, I don't need this more stuff. Of course, there are items that you do need than that you definitely can shop straightaway. But if it's the kind of stuff that's nice to have, and not necessary, then give yourself that extra time to stop those impulses. And it's the same, you know, when you drop stuff off at a charity shop, only go to the drop off point and say I'm not gonna go into the shops, I mean, difficult, very, very, very difficult. But if you know that, that all that shopping is cluttering up your home, and you haven't got that balance, right. And that's what it's all about. Not enough stuff is leaving your house, too much stuff has come into your house, and there's a block in your home of stuff that you need to both work on the exit plan, but also work on that stopping of collateral coming in. And that's what we're trying to achieve here. We don't say never ever ever go shopping again. Because that's impossible. Yeah,

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but it's not impossible. But it is impossible. Do we think it's impossible

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to never while you have to kind of buy food, right?

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Yeah, but other things do we think is impossible to never go shopping again? Is really, isn't it? Yeah, that's always gonna be something that you need. Right? Yeah.

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And there's always near something broken or something that needs to be fixed? Or, you know, so I do think not chopping is is quite impossible, unless you maybe live some in a in a rural place. Where that you kind of, you know,

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they still got to get your stuff from somewhere. Yeah. You just have to do in a different work. And yeah,

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definitely, definitely. Well, let's go for a break. And let's talk some more after the break. Hello, everyone. Welcome back. I hope you're still with us.

17:19
Yeah, exactly. Before the break, Ingrid, we were talking about trying to put barriers in place to stop yourself from shopping, whether that be taking safe payment information out of out of carts, or disabling if that's impossible, I don't even know whether Amazon will let you the kind of one click ordering sort of thing that they've got, or making sure that you have a wait period, because the thing is about shopping is it's all based on emotion and habit. And that's what that's what we're trying to break isn't it. So we have to put things in place. It's all but the reason why we shop quite often is because we feel an emotion, whether that's, you know, we don't feel great about ourselves. And we want to fix that we feel as if we're struggling with feel like we've had done a really good job that we can. So we want to treat ourselves. It's all based on emotional feelings. And that's what we've got all ultimately, that's where we want to get to that we can curb those emotional feelings. And that we don't shop as a result of that. But it takes time. So you know, what we see in our membership, Ingrid, of course is we see people going on a journey of decluttering first and foremost, where the primary motive is to let go of things in your home. So when you're overwhelmed with clutter, you just think about this sort of getting rid side of things or the keeping of the things that you really want. So depending on which way you look at it, both are interlinked. But then further down the line, we're so happy with the way that we have done with it and the way our home looks and how that all works, that we then don't want to sabotage the good work that we have done by bringing more stuff and because we recognize, because we've worked through the emotional habits that we've got with shopping, particularly for clothes and things like that, we recognize those habits and behaviors. And we recognize that going shopping for more is just doing more of the same. So but it takes a while. So we see Paul, we see people going on a journey of letting go and then moving into that mindset change of stopping the clutter at source but it takes a while and you can't do all of the things at the same time. You can't go never going shopping again and letting go of every single thing that I don't need in my house. We always use the phased approach and that's the best way so if you can go down this route of trying to understand your own behaviors and emotions and tap into that and really understand and go yes, when something comes up when you're trying to shop and that is why I am I feel compelled to buy that thing. That's what this is all about. So before you get to that mindset change which is is the kind of ultimate goal, I guess, of a decluttering journey, we need to practice and we need to practice it with intentional shopping. Now, we've spoken about this many, many times on the podcast before, you will hopefully be aware of what that means. But just in case you don't, or you want to remind, it's all about shopping with a list, making sure that when you do shop for anything, whether that's clothes, whether that's food, whether that's other things in your home, that you do that intentionally and you don't just float around a shop and see things that grab your attention, because they're cheap, because they are lovely, because they're on an end plinth in a supermarket. And so you're succumbing to the marketeers dreams, it's so important to recognize how your, your desires are being sabotaged by other people other things at play. And so if we shop intentionally, we only go out to buy, you know, to Ingrid was given the example of a pint of milk before you go in, you're intentionally sharp and you know that all you want is that milk and you don't go, Oh, God, I need this. I need that. Oh, that would be nice. Because that's on offer. Oh, well, actually, that's cheap. And so it's on that kind of bargain bin, why don't I get it back? Because that's going to come in, you know, maybe we can get ourselves to a stage where we can make shop purchases like that. But knowing what the intention, the intention with those is going to be long term, and that it's financially beneficial for us.

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Yes, Lesley, you're absolutely right. Emotions and habits are so connected to everything we have in our homes. And that's what we're all about, isn't it, we are about tapping those emotions and habits, because you need to understand those emotions and habits before you can do any decluttering. And we need to help you on your way with that. So the nice thing is that if you're thinking to yourself, actually, I am struggling with the emotions and habits I am finding it hard to pass by those bargain bins, I always tempted when I go out to the shops to get that other thing. I'm not completely sure what I've got in my home, my wardrobes in my cupboards are overflowing. And every time I open the cupboard doors, things are falling out. I've got too much. Please come and join us for a challenge next week, we've got to clear out your clothes challenge coming up. We're starting on Tuesday, the fourth of June. If you haven't signed up yet, come along and join us because we're going to talk in detail about how those emotions and habits are keeping you from decluttering and organizing, but we're going to give you loads of practical tips and advice as well. We would love for you to join us for this challenge. And you can go to declutter hub.com forward slash clearout to sign up and to join us for a three day fun challenge. Yeah,

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so if you listen to this after the June 24, then you've missed the opportunity. But do go and sign up because we have regular challenges in our membership. And if you go to declutter hub.com forward slash waitlist, you can sign up for the next one. So I'm excited to do it two years Ingrid, since we did our clear out your clothes challenge. Were very, very well received last time can't believe it's been two years. And so, yeah, it's a great challenge. And we really go we dig deep in the wardrobes, closets, and clothes in our home, which is a massive sticking point for some people. It's completely FREE when you sign up. So again, I think we've said Declutter. org.com forward slash clear out. And we will make sure that all the details are in the show notes for this podcast as well. So we wanted to talk about a couple of other things that are really important that can help you along your way to curb your shopping addiction. And one of the things that we see all the time, particularly when we're working in people's homes angry because this is when it kind of when it confronts us as professional organizers. We see parcels returns, bags of stuff that are come from sharps and often the return period has elapsed is that a word elapsed? Yeah,

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it's I think it's lapsed.

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Okay, English pulling me up now. Yes, I think elapsed. That's definitely a word right elapsed? Definitely.

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Okay. You're asking me though. I don't know.

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Come on, listeners tell us lapsed or elapsed? I'm sure there's two of them. But anyway, doesn't really matter. I think one of the things that we see all the time when we're particularly Ingrid, when we're working one to one with clients is that people don't like to try clothes on and I completely get it. You know, I completely get it. If you don't feel great. For whatever reason, if you're busy if you've got kids with you, there are many reasons why we don't want to try clothes on in the shop when we're looking at them. But if we can, it's really useful to do that because we can take all of those things out because what we see all the time in homes is that things go back and they don't find their way back to the shop. And so not only have you bought them money then you've kind of wasted the money because you can't use it. Very important as well with parcels if you have got a bit of a shopping addiction, and you are continually buying parcels You need to open these parcels on the day that they arrive. If you have parcels in your home, they're arriving through the door and you don't even know what's in them. That's a bit of a red flag in terms of that you've not got control over what you're shopping, you should know what's London through your door on a daily basis, you should open that parcel, straightaway as soon as it comes in, and you should have a plan to return it. So really, really important to get control of this process of things coming in. You know, hopefully, by trying things on in the shop, then things don't come in that you don't need, then we've got the online side of things. Of course, we typically online order multiple sizes, because we're not quite sure how it's gonna, how it's all going to work out. But make sure that you have a good process in place, the amount of money that we see as professional organizers being hemorrhaged away by people not having control of returns is staggering, isn't it? Ingrid?

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I was I was gonna say the same word, Lesley staggering, honestly. And you know, it's not only clothes, its shoes. Everything it did the package could have gets half opens, something else happens. People get sidetracked packages get buried under other stuff. People forget, you know, it's just happens, life is busy. And then before you know that 20 Day or 28 or 30 day, return time is gone. They're quite strict in the UK on there with the return times I think in America, if there's much more leeway returning stuff, months and months and months later. But

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do we know this? From the 90s, when we were living in the States? No. Have you returned stuff to a shop in America or anytime recently,

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I think one of our members was talking about it, right? So but oh my gosh, correct me if I'm wrong, but I mean, here they're on it, like, you know, you'd have to bring it within the within the specified time. Otherwise, that's it, you've lost, gone, money's gone. So be on that don't let things disappear. And indeed, when you order clothes online, open it, and also unscheduled time to try it on there. Don't leave it somewhere in your bedroom. Um, there's piles of dirty laundry and floor drops, to be found three months later and go, Oh, I don't order these clothes. And that's when we see clothes with tags that we see when we see wrong sizes. So much money is wasted. And that's what we don't want for you.

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And it sounds like we're being really judgmental of that Ingrid. But we just see, it's never a good thing is it? And it's just about getting that control. And we'll see how it evolves. And then how distressing it becomes for people because they feel shame, having wasted things. And so it's just important to get those processing, what we'd prefer is for these things not to come in in the first place, you don't mean unless you really want them unless they're, you know, add into your life. That's the important thing. But if you have to go through this process of ordering, or not trying things on in the shop, then make sure you've got a solid process for taking things back. Because it's all just negative. And that's not what we want. Yeah, I think the final thing that we're going to talk about Ingrid, and this is a bit of a bugbear of ours, it's something that we talk about all the time, we are big advocates of unsubscribing from things, email lists, from retailers in particular that try and bombard you with sales and marketing. So it's an it's necessary. If it's something you know, we have an email list, we email people out with offers that we would that we put out with offers with education, there's good things that come with that, but if it's not serving you unsubscribe, because you don't need these things put in front of you. So it's really really important that you have control over your email subscriptions make a point of unsubscribing Yeah, I think also we get caught out by online receipts because every time in the shop that that they say do you want an online receipt inadvertently we're signing back up to a mailing list that we may have already unsubscribed from so as soon as you you buy you opt for an online receipt you're back on the mailing list and you're back in that in that cycle of sales and marketing bombardment

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i Your show right unless the because I actually had to have something repaired a little jewelry from an got was broken and I wanted to have to prepare this she really wanted to have it repaired online receipt and now I'm getting emails from them and I'm like I don't want to buy any jewelry or necklaces or anything so I'm like that's the next thing when I see it come in unsubscribing because I don't want it because they tried to trick you and then you get tempted and they throw an offer in or this you know they'll the nice pictures of all the new stuff and I'm like but I don't need new stuff. I like my old stuff but that's me, isn't it but I am going to come clean Lesley I did buy something the other day. We bought something. I bought myself a new little purse. No Yes Yes, I did. So I know you know that I don't shop a lot. So I ran into some people and they're like, Oh, I'm like, I know you've actually caught me shocked.

30:11
Are you feeling okay?

30:12
Is everything all right with you? Yeah, exactly. Yes, that's

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it. And so it seems like, you know, it's hard. This is hard stuff. And this is something that you can practice at. But honestly, if you do feel like you've got a bit of a shopping, addiction, Shopaholic, whatever you want to call it, then this typically comes much later, there are things that you can do to try and help yourself along the way. But don't expect those health habits to change overnight. But you know, by putting some of the barriers back in by unsubscribing. And by making sure you've got a robust returns policy, you can try and help yourself along the way, until you've got those emotions and habits are solidified until you understand the triggers that are making you shop for things that you perhaps don't need or want. And then you can start to really go on this transformational journey, when you don't even buy anything that's not going to enhance your current life. Yeah. But it's it can be a long drawn out journey. Right, Ingrid? Yeah, for

31:15
sure. And definitely, I know, I want to mention it again, Lesley, because our challenge can really help because to clear out your close challenge gives you really good visibility of what you currently have. And to go through those wardrobes. And in this challenge, we're going to work together, we're gonna talk about the emotions and habits, we're going to talk about decluttering the questions you need to ask yourself, how to organize your wardrobe, and all of those things to get greater visibility. So you don't fall in the trap of, oh, I have nothing to wear. And that makes you then go shopping. Well actually go I have loads of stuff to where I just forgot that I had a lot of it because it was all buried. It was all in there. And that's exactly what this challenge is all about. So come and join us next week. And don't forget to sign up on declutter hub.com forward slash clear out,

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though Ingrid, shopping, addiction curbed?

32:06
Ah. I think you know, these things really, really can help. But it's all about the small steps moving forward, right? You can't do all like we always say decluttering. And organizing is a journey. It's a marathon. It's not a sprint. It's small steps forward. And if you're thinking to yourself, oh, gosh, I really need to do something here. Which point is resonated with you? Which are you thinking to sell? That's what I'm gonna do? That's where I'm gonna get started. Please let us know. We would love for you to tell us in the comments. And yeah, we'll be interested to hear from you. And thanks so much for being here. We look forward to seeing you again next week.

32:53
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