worth it?
13 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
what with christmas, and new year’s eve over, and chinese new year coming up, it’s sales everywhere and when they try to get everyone to spend as much as they can. usually i’d be there spending (not like i haven’t), but this year was slightly different from last year.
last year this period, i was still flush from my first bonus, so whhhheewwww, spent it all at one shot on a bag. which i STILL LOVE. omg. just thinking about it makes me happy. ok. i digress.
maybe it’s the yoga lessons that i’ve been going to. maybe i’ve grown. or maybe i’m just… well..pmsing. but this year, i’ve taken a step back and tried to look at things more objectively. yes, it’s gorgeous, but do i REALLY need another necklace? another pair of shoes? (you realise that i still don’t question my bag purchases here, but you get the general trend of how things are going now).
yes, in anticipation of The Big Trip in June with the Lee siblings to Japan (now that we’ve downsized from UK, France & Amsterdam), I’ve already started saving. but more so than ever, I guess i was exposed more to what’s going around in the world — I’ve taken more interest in current events — but I’ve come to a conclusion that i’ve been living a pretty charmed lifestyle. friends and family who love and indulge me. just being singaporean (so the basic necessities are provided), and wealthy enough to not worry about covering the basic necessities. but it’s not so in other less developed countries.
it’s not as though i’ve been living under a pretty stone, but the truth is, when you’re younger, you don’t realise that issues like war, famine, extinction and pollution actually have a real effect on others. it’s more of a ‘THIS COULD HAVE BEEN YOU’ poster, moving or not. it’s never really been driven into me about how dire some situations can be.
So yes. it’s taken be 23 years, and one really expensive handbag (not to mention the upkeep) to wake me up. i’m not changing my lifestyle overnight. i’m not giving up on buying my bags. but i’m working towards to being more prudent, and to being an overall better person — i need to work at giving back to the community/environment. if it does take more expensive bags to come to that realisation on how much money i’ve thrown at the Big Brands, i guess that’s money well spent. at least i DO come to that realisation in the end. it’s the process that’s well….
