• By selling all my belongs and practically begging people to take some of it away, I've learned that you can find what you need in thrift stores, discount stores, and online. Full price is overrated. Also, when getting rid of everything, going into a store brings a whole new perspective. You finally realize how you've always felt almost obligated to buy something until you don't 'need' anything anymore.
• Having gotten rid of 3/4 of my stuff and still filling a room with more stuff than I can handle, I've learned that you can get by with waaay less than you ever thought, and it feels good to get to the bare bones. I'm still not where I want to be in terms of only having the essentials.
• I've learned that priorities can change overnight and letting go of some things can be scary but it can be for the best.
• I've finally figured out for myself what people mean when they say "life is short". When you realize that nothing is owed to you in this life, you finally take responsibility for your future.
• After almost a year of changing my diet, I've discovered how quickly the human body will readjust to reject the stuff that is no good for us. Before the change, I was drinking multiple caffeinated beverages a day, consuming dairy products in the form of tubs of ice cream and venti lattes, and shoveling down buckets of processed sugar. Now, when I have coffee with caffeine, even a small one makes me jittery and I don't like the way it makes my heart skip. Concerning milk, the other night I had 3 sips of a latte that the barista had mistakenly put milk into instead of soy and I immediately got a stomach ache. I had never thought of myself as lactose intolerant before, but when I got that stomach ache, it reminded me of how I often felt before the change: bloated and not as well as I've been feeling this last year. To summarize, if you can ween yourself off the bad stuff, you can really trust your body to tell you what you need and what you should avoid.
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