JOY AND A PILE OF MAGAZINES
I got to thinking the other day after doing some Spring housecleaning. If I had the money from ALL the magazines I’ve bought over the past few years, I could retire to Fiji. I kid you not!
I am a bona-fide cosmetic junkie. I am also a magazine junkie. Needless to say, I have many magazines devoted to cosmetics, fragrance, anti-aging, exercise, diet, weight loss, and how-to’s about everything under the sun. I love the ones specifically for those over 40 (such as More) because they don’t aim every article at 13-21 year olds. I love the ones that give you in-depth research into the latest anti-aging procedures – not because I want to go under the knife but because I just like knowing what’s going on out there in this area. I love knowing not to waste my money on certain products and what to do from the inside – i.e., supplements, food choices, etc. I just never thought wanting to KNOW could get so expensive and take up so much space!
I decided to pile them up and haul them off to a place that takes older magazines. Now I thought the stack would be fairly small since I’d already done this just recently, but no. No, I have many, many stacks of magazines. I tried to figure out how much money I’ve spent and my brain got too tired to continue calculating. It is almost depressing!
Oh, I enjoyed every magazine and devoured each of them to the very end. Most I’d marked with sticky tabs so I could go back over the article for some reason or the other. Unfortunately, by the time I get back to the article (IF I do), I rarely remember what my motivation was for saving it. So there it is, a stack of magazines with sticky tabs sticking out of the tops of several magazines, piled at my feet.
I think these piles go back to 2005 – isn’t that awful? I don’t mean I need a storage shed for them – I do wean them out every once in awhile. It is just that niggling thought that there is something in there I’m saving it for and if I get rid of it, I’ll never again be able to regain that information. HA! I began reading the covers of a few and each one of them, without fail, dealt with cosmetics, anti-aging, how-to’s, and whatever.
I finally had an epiphany! Even by saving the magazines, by the time I get to them, that information will be so out-dated it will be useless. Each day, new information comes out about every product under the sun. So I can get rid of these magazines without fear!
I can also do a brain check and see if I can’t cut some of these magazines out of my life and save the money for something worthwhile – like a vacation in Fiji!
