A friend of mine yesterday jokingly said that she is downsizing at the moment. This as she's quit her job, without having a new one, and is now forced to hold on to the little amount of saved money that she's got, until she finds herself a new job.
She said that it had felt pretty nice having people over and offering them a three year old melon liquor instead of going out to buy a new bottle of wine.
I started thinking, and realized that if that is what downsizing means, then I'm the typical downsizing person. And it's all because of my mum.
If you say to my mum: "Oh, you bought yourself a new pair of shoes!", she replies proudly : "Yes, I found them on sale for a hundred SEK (15 USD)".
And all my life she's been the kind of person who never throws away food. She saves every little thing and hope that it will not go to waste.
Those are just two examples. And I'm exactly the same,
I actually enjoy being broke once in a while. Because being broke means having to do with what you've got.
When my husband manages to cook something really brilliant with ingredients that we've had for a while, instead of buying other ingredients, I feel like I've won the lottery.
I even, to some extent, make my choices on what to eat in the fridge, based on what would expire first.
If I need a pair of shoes, and I manage to buy them on sale, I feel like I've gained money and not spent money.
When all my school books are available at the library, and I don't have to buy any of them, I feel such joy.
Again, those are just a few examples. And I've got my mum to thank for it.
That's me. Maybe another one of my many conditions. Or maybe it's just common sense?
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Haha, jag hörde mammans röst när hon sa det där... "jaaaa, men de var på rea på skokanonen, jag köpte dem för 100 kronor." Eller "nääää guuud de här är gamla." Ja, du kan ju själv höra det där lite nasala gnällandet. Men hon är fin vår mamma. :)
Ja, syster, hon är bäst vår mamsa, trots sitt nasala tal.
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