04 No New Things

Today is about "Connecting with Community" and honestly, I just don't feel up to that today. It is Father's Day. I've had a headache on and off all day. I'm physically sore from playing tennis yesterday. I don't feel like be social in anyway. The good news is, I don't feel like shopping today either.

Maybe I will tell my coworkers when I got in on Monday that I'm doing this 30-day Challenge. But I wanted to pointedly NOT tell my husband and kids. They hardly notice all the stuff I do and buy around here, i wonder if they'd notice if I stopped buying stuff. If I didn't personally buy them a lot of things, I wonder if they would ever buy it for themselves. I suppose I'm thinking of that aspect of the Challenge as a little side experiment with my family.

As for joining supportive communities online or in person... I kinda just don't wanna. Maybe it's just my mood today. But I also don't want to, like radically change my social circle to accommodate this Challenge. I'm seeing it more as a personal challenge. Although, you know what? I'm posting blogs about it! I'll consider that to be how I Connect With Community. Done.

The only money spent today was $32 on a take-out meal of meatball parms and French fries because that's what the man of the house wanted for lunch on Fathers Day.

Things I didn't buy today:
- <nothing>....$0
Total....$35

Success!